pretendíamos
[pɾet̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iamos]
The verdict
“pretendíamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,124 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,124
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pretender.
| 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) |
Where “pretendíamos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pretendíamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,124 among 48,357 “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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Using “pretendíamos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-E-T-E-N-D-Í-A-M-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾet̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iamos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.