ocurrieran
[okuˈrjeɾãn]
The verdict
“ocurrieran” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,332 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,332
- 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 subjuntivo de ocurrir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ocurrieran · ocurrieran · Spanish
ocurrieran · rank #80,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,332
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH occupy
Nearest frequency peer: occupy (-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 “ocurrieran”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- novenas
novenas
19,674 corpus weight
- Oblitas
Oblitas
19,671 corpus weight
- occupy
occupy
19,670 corpus weight
- ocurrieran
ocurrieran
19,669 corpus weight
- Olañeta
Olañeta
19,665 corpus weight
- onomatopeya
onomatopeya
19,664 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ocurrieran” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocurrieran |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [okuˈrjeɾãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ocurrieran” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ocurrieran is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,332 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [okuˈrjeɾãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de ocurrir.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ocurrieran in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ocurrieran, spelled O-C-U-R-R-I-E-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de ocurrir.
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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