sostengan
[sosˈt̪ẽŋgãn]
The verdict
“sostengan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,565 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,565
- 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 presente de subjuntivo de sostener o de sostenerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sostengan · sostengan · Spanish
sostengan · rank #52,565 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,565
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH Soviets
Nearest frequency peer: Soviets (+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 “sostengan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sisa
sisa
47,440 corpus weight
- sitiados
sitiados
47,439 corpus weight
- situando
situando
47,438 corpus weight
- sostengan
sostengan
47,436 corpus weight
- Soviets
Soviets
47,435 corpus weight
- Suazilandia
Suazilandia
47,434 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sostengan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sostengan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sosˈt̪ẽŋgãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sostengan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sostengan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,565 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sosˈt̪ẽŋgãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sostengan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is sostengan, spelled S-O-S-T-E-N-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de sostener o de sostenerse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de sostener o del imperativo negativo de sostenerse.
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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