bailaban

[bajˈlaβ̞ãn]

/[bajˈlaβ̞ãn]/ verb

The verdict

“bailaban” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #41,204. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,204
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
12
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 bailar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bailaban · bailaban · Spanish

bailaban · rank #41,204 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,204
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH Azucena

Nearest frequency peer: Azucena (-1 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 “bailaban”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “bailaban” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bailaban vs bailan
75% similar
bailaban vs bajaban
75% similar
bailaban vs basaban
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bailaban
PropertyValue
Headwordbailaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bajˈlaβ̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,204
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bailaban”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).bailabancae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Azucena” (#41,203), “atravesamos” (#41,201), “atom” (#41,200). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “bailaban” va en #41,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around bailaban (IPA [bajˈlaβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,204 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de bailar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bailaban, with forms such as "abilaban", "baialban", and "bailaabn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bailan", "bajaban", "basaban", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is bailaban, spelled B-A-I-L-A-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de bailar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abilaban
  • baialban
  • bailaabn
  • bailabann
  • bailabban
  • bailabna
  • bailbaan
  • baillaban
  • baliaban
  • bbailaban
  • bialaban
  • vailavan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bailaban - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abilaban2baialban2bailaabn2bailabann1bailabban1bailabna2bailbaan2baillaban1
Edit distance from "bailaban"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bailaban"?
"bailaban" is spelled B-A-I-L-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bajˈlaβ̞ãn].
What does "bailaban" mean?
As a verb, "bailaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de bailar.
What words are commonly confused with "bailaban"?
"bailaban" is commonly confused with "bailan", "bajaban", "basaban". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bailaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bailaban" is [bajˈlaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bailaban" come from?
"bailaban" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bailaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list