tragaba
[t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aβ̞a]
The verdict
“tragaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,228 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,228
- 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 tragar o de tragarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tragaba · tragaba · Spanish
tragaba · rank #73,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,228
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH trabalenguas
Nearest frequency peer: trabalenguas (-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 “tragaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Tornero
Tornero
26,777 corpus weight
- trabajarían
trabajarían
26,775 corpus weight
- trabalenguas
trabalenguas
26,774 corpus weight
- tragaba
tragaba
26,773 corpus weight
- traman
traman
26,772 corpus weight
- transitable
transitable
26,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tragaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tragaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tragaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tragaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,228 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tragaba, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tragaba, spelled T-R-A-G-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tragar o de tragarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tragar o de tragarse.
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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