prendían
[pɾẽn̪ˈd̪iãn]
The verdict
“prendían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,482 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,482
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de prender o de prenderse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-prendian · prendían · Spanish
prendían · rank #94,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,482
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH pregúntense
Nearest frequency peer: pregúntense (-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 “prendían”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- predestinad…
predestinados
5,522 corpus weight
- pregúntense
pregúntense
5,520 corpus weight
- prendían
prendían
5,519 corpus weight
- prepararía
prepararía
5,517 corpus weight
- prescindió
prescindió
5,515 corpus weight
- presidios
presidios
5,513 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prendían” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prendían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾẽn̪ˈd̪iãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prendían” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prendían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,482 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾẽn̪ˈd̪iãn]. 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 prender o de prenderse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for prendían in our index, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is prendían, spelled P-R-E-N-D-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de prender o de prenderse.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prendían", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 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.