probaban
[pɾoˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“probaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,130 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,130
- 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 probar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | probaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾoˈβ̞aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “probaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
probaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,130 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾoˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]. 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 probar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for probaban in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is probaban, spelled P-R-O-B-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de probar.
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 “probaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-B-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾoˈβ̞aβ̞ãn] (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.