retornaba
[ret̪oɾˈnaβ̞a]
The verdict
“retornaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,747 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,747
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de retornar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retornaba · retornaba · Spanish
retornaba · rank #96,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,747
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,955
- PHOTO-FINISH retendrá
Nearest frequency peer: retendrá (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “retornaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- repriman
repriman
3,257 corpus weight
- resolvían
resolvían
3,256 corpus weight
- retendrá
retendrá
3,255 corpus weight
- retornaba
retornaba
3,254 corpus weight
- retrasará
retrasará
3,253 corpus weight
- retraída
retraída
3,252 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “retornaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retornaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ret̪oɾˈnaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retornaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
retornaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,747 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ret̪oɾˈnaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
retornaba has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is retornaba, spelled R-E-T-O-R-N-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de retornar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de retornar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.