pescaba
[pesˈkaβ̞a]
The verdict
“pescaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,085 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,085
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pescar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pescaba · pescaba · Spanish
pescaba · rank #86,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,085
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perviven
Nearest frequency peer: perviven (-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 “pescaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pernil
pernil
13,921 corpus weight
- persistido
persistido
13,919 corpus weight
- perturbadas
perturbadas
13,918 corpus weight
- perviven
perviven
13,917 corpus weight
- pescaba
pescaba
13,916 corpus weight
- pichis
pichis
13,911 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pescaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pescaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pesˈkaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pescaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pescaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,085 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pesˈkaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pescaba in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pescaba, spelled P-E-S-C-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pescar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pescar.
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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