volteaba

[bol̪t̪eˈaβ̞a]

/[bol̪t̪eˈaβ̞a]/ verb

The verdict

“volteaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,434 among 12,062 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,434
frequency rank, Spanish
12,062
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de voltear.

Corpus desk

Index ES-volteaba · volteaba · Spanish

volteaba · rank #88,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,434
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 12,062
  • PHOTO-FINISH vitivinicultu…

Nearest frequency peer: vitivinicultura (-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 “volteaba”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “volteaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for volteaba
PropertyValue
Headwordvolteaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bol̪t̪eˈaβ̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,434
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “volteaba” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). volteaba lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

volteaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,434 among 12,062 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bol̪t̪eˈaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for volteaba, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 volteaba, spelled V-O-L-T-E-A-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de voltear.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de voltear.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volteaba"?
"volteaba" is spelled V-O-L-T-E-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [bol̪t̪eˈaβ̞a].
What does "volteaba" mean?
As a verb, "volteaba" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de voltear.
How do you pronounce "volteaba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volteaba" is [bol̪t̪eˈaβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volteaba" come from?
"volteaba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "volteaba", 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list