retrataba
[ret̪ɾaˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“retrataba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,371 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,371
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de retratar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retrataba · retrataba · Spanish
retrataba · rank #83,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,371
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH retransmite
Nearest frequency peer: retransmite (-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 “retrataba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- restablecie…
restablecieron
16,635 corpus weight
- resucitando
resucitando
16,634 corpus weight
- retama
retama
16,633 corpus weight
- retransmite
retransmite
16,631 corpus weight
- retrataba
retrataba
16,630 corpus weight
- revoltosa
revoltosa
16,626 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “retrataba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retrataba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ret̪ɾaˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “retrataba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
retrataba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,371 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ret̪ɾaˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
retrataba has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is retrataba, spelled R-E-T-R-A-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de retratar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de retratar.
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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