andaban
[ãn̪ˈd̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“andaban” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,861
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
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 andar o de andarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-andaban · andaban · Spanish
andaban · rank #17,861 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,861
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH adquieren
Nearest frequency peer: adquieren (-2 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “andaban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- adelanta
adelanta
82,145 corpus weight
- adora
adora
82,143 corpus weight
- adquieren
adquieren
82,142 corpus weight
- andaban
andaban
82,140 corpus weight
- aprieta
aprieta
82,136 corpus weight
- aptitudes
aptitudes
82,135 corpus weight
What this shows “andaban” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | andaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ãn̪ˈd̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “andaban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around andaban (IPA [ãn̪ˈd̪aβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,861 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de andar o de andarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for andaban, with forms such as "adnaban", "anadban", and "andaabn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "andan", "andará", "andabas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is andaban, spelled A-N-D-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de andar o de andarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adnaban
- anadban
- andaabn
- andabann
- andabban
- andabna
- andavan
- andbaan
- anddaban
- anndaban
- nadaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of andaban - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).