burlaban

/[buɾˈlaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,540

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

burlaban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de burlar o de burlarse. Pronounced [buɾˈlaβ̞ãn]. Often confused with burlan and buscaban.

Key facts for burlaban
PropertyValue
Headwordburlaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[buɾˈlaβ̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,540
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for burlaban is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [buɾˈlaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,540 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 burlar o de burlarse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for burlaban, with forms such as "bburlaban", "brulaban", and "bulraban". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "burlan", "buscaban", "burlaron", 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 burlaban, spelled B-U-R-L-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 burlar o de burlarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bburlaban,brulaban,bulraban,buralban,burlaabn,burlabann,burlabban,burlabna,burlbaan,burllaban,burrlaban,ubrlaban,vurlavan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for burlaban

Misspelling Variants of "burlaban"

bburlaban9brulaban8bulraban8buralban8burlaabn8burlabann9burlabban9burlabna8
Misspelling Variants of "burlaban"

Frequency rank: #38,540 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "burlaban"?
"burlaban" is spelled B-U-R-L-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [buɾˈlaβ̞ãn].
What does "burlaban" mean?
As a verb, "burlaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de burlar o de burlarse.
What words are commonly confused with "burlaban"?
"burlaban" is commonly confused with "burlan", "buscaban", "burlaron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "burlaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "burlaban" is [buɾˈlaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "burlaban" come from?
"burlaban" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.