tapaba
[t̪aˈpaβ̞a]
The verdict
“tapaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,579 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,579
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tapar o de taparse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tapaba · tapaba · Spanish
tapaba · rank #52,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,579
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tabloide
Nearest frequency peer: tabloide (-2 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 “tapaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- suspensivos
suspensivos
47,429 corpus weight
- suspicacia
suspicacia
47,428 corpus weight
- tabloide
tabloide
47,424 corpus weight
- tapaba
tapaba
47,422 corpus weight
- taste
taste
47,420 corpus weight
- testicular
testicular
47,417 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tapaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tapaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪aˈpaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tapaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tapaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,579 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪aˈpaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tapaba has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tapaba, spelled T-A-P-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tapar o de taparse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tapar o de taparse.
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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