trabando
[t̪ɾaˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“trabando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,949 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,949
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de trabar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-trabando · trabando · Spanish
trabando · rank #75,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,949
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH tradition
Nearest frequency peer: tradition (+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 “trabando”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Toilette
Toilette
24,056 corpus weight
- tolerando
tolerando
24,055 corpus weight
- trabando
trabando
24,052 corpus weight
- tradition
tradition
24,051 corpus weight
- trajín
trajín
24,050 corpus weight
- triduo
triduo
24,048 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “trabando” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trabando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ɾaˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trabando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trabando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,949 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪ɾaˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de trabar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for trabando in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is trabando, spelled T-R-A-B-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de trabar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trabando", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.