sobresalían
[soβ̞ɾesaˈliãn]
The verdict
“sobresalían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,373 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,373
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” 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 sobresalir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sobresalian · sobresalían · Spanish
sobresalían · rank #84,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,373
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sociology
Nearest frequency peer: sociology (+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 “sobresalían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sobrepasada
sobrepasada
15,631 corpus weight
- sobrepasaron
sobrepasaron
15,630 corpus weight
- sobresalían
sobresalían
15,628 corpus weight
- sociology
sociology
15,627 corpus weight
- sofocación
sofocación
15,625 corpus weight
- sommer
sommer
15,624 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sobresalían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobresalían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [soβ̞ɾesaˈliãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sobresalían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sobresalían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,373 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [soβ̞ɾesaˈliãn]. 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 sobresalir.".
sobresalían doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sobresalían, spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-A-L-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sobresalir.
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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