acababan

/[akaˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,106

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

acababan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acabar. Pronounced [akaˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]. Often confused with acaban and acabará.

Key facts for acababan
PropertyValue
Headwordacababan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[akaˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,106
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of acababan in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acababan is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akaˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,106 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acabar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for acababan, with forms such as "aacbaban", "acaabban", and "acabaabn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "acaban", "acabará", "acabada", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is acababan, spelled A-C-A-B-A-B-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acabar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aacbaban,acaabban,acabaabn,acababann,acababban,acababna,acabbaan,acabbaban,acavavan,acbaaban,accababan,caababan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acababan

Misspelling Variants of "acababan"

aacbaban8acaabban8acabaabn8acababann9acababban9acababna8acabbaan8acabbaban9
Misspelling Variants of "acababan"

Frequency rank: #25,106 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acababan"?
"acababan" is spelled A-C-A-B-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [akaˈβ̞aβ̞ãn].
What does "acababan" mean?
As a verb, "acababan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acabar.
What words are commonly confused with "acababan"?
"acababan" is commonly confused with "acaban", "acabará", "acabada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acababan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acababan" is [akaˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acababan" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.