compraban
[kõmˈpɾaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“compraban” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,481
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- 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 comprar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-compraban · compraban · Spanish
compraban · rank #36,481 · 15 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,481
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH componían
Nearest frequency peer: componían (-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 “compraban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- comments
comments
63,522 corpus weight
- componían
componían
63,521 corpus weight
- compraban
compraban
63,520 corpus weight
- comprobamos
comprobamos
63,519 corpus weight
- comprometa
comprometa
63,518 corpus weight
- concept
concept
63,517 corpus weight
What this shows “compraban” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | compraban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõmˈpɾaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “compraban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around compraban (IPA [kõmˈpɾaβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,481 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comprar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for compraban, with forms such as "ccompraban", "cmopraban", and "commpraban". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "compran", "comprará", "comprobar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is compraban, spelled C-O-M-P-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comprar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompraban
- cmopraban
- commpraban
- comparban
- comppraban
- compraabn
- comprabann
- comprabban
- comprabna
- compravan
- comprbaan
- comprraban
- comrpaban
- copmraban
- ocmpraban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compraban - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).