acaban

/[aˈkaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,892

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

acaban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acabar. Pronounced [aˈkaβ̞ãn]. It ranks #3,892 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with acabo and acabe.

Key facts for acaban
PropertyValue
Headwordacaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aˈkaβ̞ãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,892
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acaban is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈkaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,892 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acabar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for acaban, with forms such as "aacban", "acaabn", and "acabann". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "acabo", "acabe", "amaba", 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 acaban, spelled A-C-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 presente de indicativo de acabar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aacban,acaabn,acabann,acabban,acabna,acavan,acbaan,accaban,caaban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acaban

Misspelling Variants of "acaban"

aacban6acaabn6acabann7acabban7acabna6acavan6acbaan6accaban7
Misspelling Variants of "acaban"

Frequency rank: #3,892 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acaban"?
"acaban" is spelled A-C-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈkaβ̞ãn].
What does "acaban" mean?
As a verb, "acaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acabar.
What words are commonly confused with "acaban"?
"acaban" is commonly confused with "acabo", "acabe", "amaba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acaban" is [aˈkaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acaban" come from?
"acaban" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.