olvidaban
[olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn]
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
- oblicuamente
oblicuamente
6,665 corpus weight
- oficiaba
oficiaba
6,663 corpus weight
- oftalmológi…
oftalmológica
6,662 corpus weight
- olvidaban
olvidaban
6,661 corpus weight
- opacada
opacada
6,657 corpus weight
- optaría
optaría
6,655 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “olvidaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olvidaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [olβ̞iˈð̞aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “olvidaban” en español
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
- 1Tercera 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.
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