refugiaban
[refuˈxjaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“refugiaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,736 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,736
- 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 refugiar o de refugiarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-refugiaban · refugiaban · Spanish
refugiaban · rank #96,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,736
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH regresarás
Nearest frequency peer: regresarás (+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 “refugiaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- recoleccion…
recolecciones
3,271 corpus weight
- refugiaban
refugiaban
3,265 corpus weight
- regresarás
regresarás
3,264 corpus weight
- regresivas
regresivas
3,263 corpus weight
- rehaciendo
rehaciendo
3,262 corpus weight
- repercutien…
repercutiendo
3,259 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “refugiaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | refugiaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [refuˈxjaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “refugiaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
refugiaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,736 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [refuˈxjaβ̞ãn]. 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 refugiar o de refugiarse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for refugiaban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is refugiaban, spelled R-E-F-U-G-I-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de refugiar o de refugiarse.
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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