prescriban
[pɾesˈkɾiβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“prescriban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,678 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,678
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de prescribir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-prescriban · prescriban · Spanish
prescriban · rank #96,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,678
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH preponderantes
Nearest frequency peer: preponderantes (-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 “prescriban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- prefijado
prefijado
3,326 corpus weight
- preguntate
preguntate
3,325 corpus weight
- preponderan…
preponderantes
3,324 corpus weight
- prescriban
prescriban
3,323 corpus weight
- prestancia
prestancia
3,322 corpus weight
- prestemos
prestemos
3,321 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “prescriban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prescriban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾesˈkɾiβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “prescriban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
prescriban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,678 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾesˈkɾiβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prescriban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 prescriban, spelled P-R-E-S-C-R-I-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de prescribir.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de prescribir.
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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