balan
[ˈbalãn]
The verdict
“balan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,591 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,591
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de balar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-balan · balan · Spanish
balan · rank #89,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,591
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bagres
Nearest frequency peer: bagres (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “balan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Bago
Bago
10,412 corpus weight
- bagres
bagres
10,411 corpus weight
- balan
balan
10,410 corpus weight
- baldías
baldías
10,409 corpus weight
- Banegas
Banegas
10,408 corpus weight
- baní
baní
10,407 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “balan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbalãn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “balan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
balan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,591 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbalãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de balar.".
balan has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is balan, spelled B-A-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de balar.
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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