oíste
[oˈist̪e]
The verdict
“oíste” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,744 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,744
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de oír.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oiste · oíste · Spanish
oíste · rank #53,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,744
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH oyera
Nearest frequency peer: oyera (-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 “oíste”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ostra
ostra
46,260 corpus weight
- ovejero
ovejero
46,259 corpus weight
- oyera
oyera
46,258 corpus weight
- oíste
oíste
46,257 corpus weight
- pacificador
pacificador
46,256 corpus weight
- pagarlas
pagarlas
46,255 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “oíste” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oíste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oˈist̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “oíste” en español
Rare enough to double-check
oíste is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,744 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [oˈist̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de oír.".
No misspelling variants are generated for oíste in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is oíste, spelled O-Í-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de oír.
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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