trabajaba
[t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaβ̞a]
The verdict
“trabajaba” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,467 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,467
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de trabajar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trabajaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trabajaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for trabajaba is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,467 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for trabajaba, with forms such as "rtabajaba", "tarbajaba", and "traabjaba". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "trabajar", "trabajan", "trabajas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 trabajaba, spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de trabajar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de trabajar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtabajaba,tarbajaba,traabjaba,trabaajba,trabajaab,trabajabba,trabajbaa,trabajjaba,trabbajaba,trabjaaba,travajava,trbaajaba,trrabajaba,ttrabajaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trabajaba - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “trabajaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-A-B-A-J-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “trabajar” - see the side-by-side comparison. trabajaba vs trabajar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.