salvaba
[salˈβ̞aβ̞a]
The verdict
“salvaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,211 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,211
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de salvar o de salvarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-salvaba · salvaba · Spanish
salvaba · rank #55,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,211
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH salid
Nearest frequency peer: salid (-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 “salvaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sagaz
sagaz
44,794 corpus weight
- Salaverry
Salaverry
44,793 corpus weight
- salid
salid
44,791 corpus weight
- salvaba
salvaba
44,790 corpus weight
- salvaría
salvaría
44,789 corpus weight
- sanguinarios
sanguinarios
44,786 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “salvaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salvaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [salˈβ̞aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “salvaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
salvaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,211 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [salˈβ̞aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
salvaba has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is salvaba, spelled S-A-L-V-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de salvar o de salvarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de salvar o de salvarse.
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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