obedecían
[oβ̞eð̞eˈsiãn]
The verdict
“obedecían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,233 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,233
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de obedecer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obedecian · obedecían · Spanish
obedecían · rank #92,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,233
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH obedeces
Nearest frequency peer: obedeces (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “obedecían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- notifican
notifican
7,774 corpus weight
- obedeces
obedeces
7,769 corpus weight
- obedecían
obedecían
7,768 corpus weight
- obligarse
obligarse
7,767 corpus weight
- observad
observad
7,766 corpus weight
- odiará
odiará
7,765 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “obedecían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obedecían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oβ̞eð̞eˈsiãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “obedecían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
obedecían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,233 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [oβ̞eð̞eˈsiãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de obedecer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for obedecían in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is obedecían, spelled O-B-E-D-E-C-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de obedecer.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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