votaba
[boˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“votaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,001 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,001
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de votar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-votaba · votaba · Spanish
votaba · rank #52,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,001
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH warfare
Nearest frequency peer: warfare (+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 “votaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vertiendo
vertiendo
48,005 corpus weight
- viajecito
viajecito
48,004 corpus weight
- viper
viper
48,002 corpus weight
- votaba
votaba
48,000 corpus weight
- warfare
warfare
47,999 corpus weight
- wildlife
wildlife
47,998 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “votaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | votaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [boˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “votaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
votaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,001 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [boˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for votaba, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is votaba, spelled V-O-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de votar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de votar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "votaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 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.