construían

[kõnsˈt̪ɾwiãn]

/[kõnsˈt̪ɾwiãn]/ verb

The verdict

“construían” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #45,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,221
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
11
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 construir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-construian · construían · Spanish

construían · rank #45,221 · 15 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,221
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH consensuado

Nearest frequency peer: consensuado (-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 “construían”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “construían” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

construían vs construir
70% similar
construían vs construya
80% similar
construían vs construido
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for construían
PropertyValue
Headwordconstruían
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõnsˈt̪ɾwiãn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#45,221
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “construían”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.construíancae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “consensuado” (#45,220), “contemplo” (#45,222), “conllevar” (#45,219). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “construían” va en #45,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around construían (IPA [kõnsˈt̪ɾwiãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,221 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de construir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for construían, with forms such as "cconstruían", "cnostruían", and "connstruían". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "construir", "construya", "construido", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is construían, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-Í-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de construir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstruían
  • cnostruían
  • connstruían
  • consrtuían
  • consstruían
  • constrruían
  • construaín
  • construíann
  • construína
  • constríuan
  • consttruían
  • consturían
  • contsruían
  • cosntruían
  • ocnstruían

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of construían - 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.

cconstruían1cnostruían2connstruían1consrtuían2consstruían1constrruían1construaín2construíann1
Edit distance from "construían"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "construían"?
"construían" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-Í-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwiãn].
What does "construían" mean?
As a verb, "construían" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de construir.
What words are commonly confused with "construían"?
"construían" is commonly confused with "construir", "construya", "construido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "construían"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "construían" is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwiãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "construían" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "construían", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list