recuperaban
[rekupeˈɾaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“recuperaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,885 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,885
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de recuperar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-recuperaban · recuperaban · Spanish
recuperaban · rank #98,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,885
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH redactaba
Nearest frequency peer: redactaba (+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 “recuperaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- reconsidera…
reconsiderando
1,121 corpus weight
- recopilator…
recopilatorios
1,119 corpus weight
- recuperaban
recuperaban
1,116 corpus weight
- redactaba
redactaba
1,115 corpus weight
- reeditada
reeditada
1,113 corpus weight
- reenvía
reenvía
1,111 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “recuperaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recuperaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rekupeˈɾaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “recuperaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
recuperaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,885 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [rekupeˈɾaβ̞ãn]. 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 recuperar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recuperaban, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is recuperaban, spelled R-E-C-U-P-E-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de recuperar.
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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