buscaban

/[busˈkaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,621

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

buscaban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de buscar. Pronounced [busˈkaβ̞ãn]. Often confused with buscan and buscará.

Key facts for buscaban
PropertyValue
Headwordbuscaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[busˈkaβ̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,621
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for buscaban is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [busˈkaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,621 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 buscar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for buscaban, with forms such as "bbuscaban", "bsucaban", and "bucsaban". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "buscan", "buscará", "buscada", 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 buscaban, spelled B-U-S-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 buscar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbuscaban,bsucaban,bucsaban,busacban,buscaabn,buscabann,buscabban,buscabna,buscbaan,busccaban,busscaban,ubscaban,vuscavan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for buscaban

Misspelling Variants of "buscaban"

bbuscaban9bsucaban8bucsaban8busacban8buscaabn8buscabann9buscabban9buscabna8
Misspelling Variants of "buscaban"

Frequency rank: #10,621 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buscaban"?
"buscaban" is spelled B-U-S-C-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [busˈkaβ̞ãn].
What does "buscaban" mean?
As a verb, "buscaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de buscar.
What words are commonly confused with "buscaban"?
"buscaban" is commonly confused with "buscan", "buscará", "buscada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buscaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buscaban" is [busˈkaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buscaban" come from?
"buscaban" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.