caían
[kaˈiãn]
The verdict
“caían” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,295
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- 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 caer o de caerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caian · caían · Spanish
caían · rank #22,295 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,295
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Cañete
Nearest frequency peer: Cañete (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “caían”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- campera
campera
77,710 corpus weight
- cancelada
cancelada
77,709 corpus weight
- caray
caray
77,708 corpus weight
- caían
caían
77,706 corpus weight
- Cañete
Cañete
77,705 corpus weight
- censos
censos
77,703 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caían” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈiãn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “caían” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around caían (IPA [kaˈiãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,295 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de caer o de caerse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for caían, with forms such as "acían", "caaín", and "caíann". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "can", "cía", "casa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is caían, spelled C-A-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de caer o de caerse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acían
- caaín
- caíann
- caína
- ccaían
- cíaan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caían - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caían", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "caían". Here's where to go from here.
- "caían" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "can". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,295 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.