constan

/[ˈkõnst̪ãn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,966

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

constan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de constar. Pronounced [ˈkõnst̪ãn]. Often confused with costa and contar.

Key facts for constan
PropertyValue
Headwordconstan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkõnst̪ãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,966
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for constan is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkõnst̪ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,966 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 presente de indicativo de constar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for constan, with forms such as "cconstan", "cnostan", and "connstan". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "costa", "contar", "costas", 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 constan, spelled C-O-N-S-T-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 presente de indicativo de constar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconstan,cnostan,connstan,consatn,consstan,constann,constna,consttan,contsan,cosntan,ocnstan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for constan

Misspelling Variants of "constan"

cconstan8cnostan7connstan8consatn7consstan8constann8constna7consttan8
Misspelling Variants of "constan"

Frequency rank: #25,966 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "constan"?
"constan" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkõnst̪ãn].
What does "constan" mean?
As a verb, "constan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de constar.
What words are commonly confused with "constan"?
"constan" is commonly confused with "costa", "contar", "costas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constan" is [ˈkõnst̪ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constan" come from?
"constan" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.