significaban
[siɣ̞nifiˈkaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“significaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,572 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,572
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de significar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-significaban · significaban · Spanish
significaban · rank #50,572 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,572
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH simplificando
Nearest frequency peer: simplificando (+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 “significaban”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- serranos
serranos
49,433 corpus weight
- sevillanas
sevillanas
49,432 corpus weight
- significaban
significaban
49,429 corpus weight
- simplifican…
simplificando
49,428 corpus weight
- simpáticas
simpáticas
49,427 corpus weight
- sincronía
sincronía
49,426 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “significaban” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | significaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [siɣ̞nifiˈkaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “significaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
significaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,572 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [siɣ̞nifiˈkaβ̞ãn]. 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 significar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for significaban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is significaban, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de significar.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 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.