atacaban

/[at̪aˈkaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,508

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

atacaban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de atacar. Pronounced [at̪aˈkaβ̞ãn]. Often confused with atacan and atacada.

Key facts for atacaban
PropertyValue
Headwordatacaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[at̪aˈkaβ̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,508
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for atacaban is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [at̪aˈkaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,508 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 atacar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for atacaban, with forms such as "aatcaban", "ataacban", and "atacaabn". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "atacan", "atacada", "atacaron", 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 atacaban, spelled A-T-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 pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de atacar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aatcaban,ataacban,atacaabn,atacabann,atacabban,atacabna,atacavan,atacbaan,ataccaban,atcaaban,attacaban,taacaban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atacaban

Misspelling Variants of "atacaban"

aatcaban8ataacban8atacaabn8atacabann9atacabban9atacabna8atacavan8atacbaan8
Misspelling Variants of "atacaban"

Frequency rank: #32,508 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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