oscilaban
[osiˈlaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“oscilaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,356 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,356
- 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 oscilar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oscilaban · oscilaban · Spanish
oscilaban · rank #93,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,356
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ortodoncista
Nearest frequency peer: ortodoncista (-2 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 “oscilaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- orphan
orphan
6,649 corpus weight
- ortivas
ortivas
6,648 corpus weight
- ortodoncista
ortodoncista
6,647 corpus weight
- oscilaban
oscilaban
6,645 corpus weight
- overol
overol
6,643 corpus weight
- ovárico
ovárico
6,642 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “oscilaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oscilaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [osiˈlaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “oscilaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
oscilaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,356 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [osiˈlaβ̞ãn]. 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 oscilar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oscilaban, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is oscilaban, spelled O-S-C-I-L-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de oscilar.
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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