arriban
[aˈriβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“arriban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,383 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,383
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de arribar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arriban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈriβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arriban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arriban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,383 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈriβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de arribar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arriban, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is arriban, spelled A-R-R-I-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de arribar.
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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Using “arriban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-R-I-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈriβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.