perdonaba
[peɾð̞oˈnaβ̞a]
The verdict
“perdonaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,289 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,289
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perdonar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perdonaba · perdonaba · Spanish
perdonaba · rank #82,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,289
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH pensare
Nearest frequency peer: pensare (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “perdonaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pendenciero
pendenciero
17,715 corpus weight
- penique
penique
17,714 corpus weight
- pensare
pensare
17,713 corpus weight
- perdonaba
perdonaba
17,712 corpus weight
- perorata
perorata
17,711 corpus weight
- perroflautas
perroflautas
17,710 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “perdonaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perdonaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾð̞oˈnaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perdonaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perdonaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,289 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾð̞oˈnaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for perdonaba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is perdonaba, spelled P-E-R-D-O-N-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perdonar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perdonar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perdonaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.