olvidaban

[olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn]

/[olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn]/ verb

The verdict

“olvidaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,340 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,340
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 olvidar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-olvidaban · olvidaban · Spanish

olvidaban · rank #93,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,340
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,467
  • PHOTO-FINISH oftalmológica

Nearest frequency peer: oftalmológica (-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 “olvidaban”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “olvidaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for olvidaban
PropertyValue
Headwordolvidaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,340
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “olvidaban” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.olvidabancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “oftalmológica” (#93,339), “oficiaba” (#93,338), “oblicuamente” (#93,336). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “olvidaban” va en #93,340. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

olvidaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,340 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn]. 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 olvidar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for olvidaban, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is olvidaban, spelled O-L-V-I-D-A-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de olvidar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olvidaban"?
"olvidaban" is spelled O-L-V-I-D-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn].
What does "olvidaban" mean?
As a verb, "olvidaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de olvidar.
How do you pronounce "olvidaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "olvidaban" is [olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "olvidaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list