sobrevivían
[soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞iãn]
The verdict
“sobrevivían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,284 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,284
- 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 sobrevivir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sobrevivian · sobrevivían · Spanish
sobrevivían · rank #85,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,284
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sobrepone
Nearest frequency peer: sobrepone (-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 “sobrevivían”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- separaría
separaría
14,723 corpus weight
- sira
sira
14,719 corpus weight
- sobrepone
sobrepone
14,718 corpus weight
- sobrevivían
sobrevivían
14,717 corpus weight
- socializa
socializa
14,716 corpus weight
- Solón
Solón
14,712 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sobrevivían” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobrevivían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞iãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #85,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sobrevivían” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sobrevivían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,284 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞iãn]. 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 sobrevivir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sobrevivían, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sobrevivían, spelled S-O-B-R-E-V-I-V-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sobrevivir.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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