amenazaban

/[amenaˈsaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,411

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

amenazaban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de amenazar. Pronounced [amenaˈsaβ̞ãn]. Often confused with amenazan and amenazada.

Key facts for amenazaban
PropertyValue
Headwordamenazaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[amenaˈsaβ̞ãn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,411
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for amenazaban is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amenaˈsaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,411 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 amenazar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for amenazaban, with forms such as "aemnazaban", "ameanzaban", and "amenaazban". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "amenazan", "amenazada", "amenazadas", 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 amenazaban, spelled A-M-E-N-A-Z-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 amenazar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aemnazaban,ameanzaban,amenaazban,amenazaabn,amenazabann,amenazabban,amenazabna,amenazavan,amenazbaan,amenazzaban,amennazaban,amenzaaban,ammenazaban,amneazaban,maenazaban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amenazaban

Misspelling Variants of "amenazaban"

aemnazaban10ameanzaban10amenaazban10amenazaabn10amenazabann11amenazabban11amenazabna10amenazavan10
Misspelling Variants of "amenazaban"

Frequency rank: #33,411 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amenazaban"?
"amenazaban" is spelled A-M-E-N-A-Z-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [amenaˈsaβ̞ãn].
What does "amenazaban" mean?
As a verb, "amenazaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de amenazar.
What words are commonly confused with "amenazaban"?
"amenazaban" is commonly confused with "amenazan", "amenazada", "amenazadas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amenazaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amenazaban" is [amenaˈsaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amenazaban" 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.