pretendíamos
[pɾet̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iamos]
The verdict
“pretendíamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,124 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,124
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pretender.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pretendiamos · pretendíamos · Spanish
pretendíamos · rank #86,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,124
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH presencian
Nearest frequency peer: presencian (-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 “pretendíamos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- preguntase
preguntase
13,882 corpus weight
- premonicion…
premoniciones
13,881 corpus weight
- presencian
presencian
13,879 corpus weight
- pretendíamos
pretendíamos
13,877 corpus weight
- priores
priores
13,874 corpus weight
- privatizados
privatizados
13,873 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pretendíamos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pretendíamos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾet̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iamos] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #86,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pretendíamos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pretendíamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,124 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾet̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iamos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pretender.".
pretendíamos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pretendíamos, spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-D-Í-A-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pretender.
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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