apoyaban

/[apoˈʝaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,889

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

apoyaban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de apoyar o de apoyarse. Pronounced [apoˈʝaβ̞ãn]. Often confused with apoyan and apoyada.

Key facts for apoyaban
PropertyValue
Headwordapoyaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[apoˈʝaβ̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,889
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for apoyaban is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apoˈʝaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,889 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 apoyar o de apoyarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for apoyaban, with forms such as "aopyaban", "apoayban", and "apoyaabn". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "apoyan", "apoyada", "apoyará", 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 apoyaban, spelled A-P-O-Y-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 apoyar o de apoyarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aopyaban,apoayban,apoyaabn,apoyabann,apoyabban,apoyabna,apoyavan,apoybaan,apoyyaban,appoyaban,apyoaban,paoyaban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apoyaban

Misspelling Variants of "apoyaban"

aopyaban8apoayban8apoyaabn8apoyabann9apoyabban9apoyabna8apoyavan8apoybaan8
Misspelling Variants of "apoyaban"

Frequency rank: #20,889 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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