yacían
[ʝaˈsiãn]
The verdict
“yacían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,293 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,293
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de yacer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yacian · yacían · Spanish
yacían · rank #64,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,293
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH yolo
Nearest frequency peer: yolo (+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 “yacían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- weil
weil
35,713 corpus weight
- wonderful
wonderful
35,710 corpus weight
- yacían
yacían
35,708 corpus weight
- yolo
yolo
35,707 corpus weight
- zafarse
zafarse
35,705 corpus weight
- émbolo
émbolo
35,704 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yacían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yacían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʝaˈsiãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “yacían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yacían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,293 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʝaˈsiãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de yacer.".
yacían doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is yacían, spelled Y-A-C-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de yacer.
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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