contenían
[kõn̪t̪eˈniãn]
The verdict
“contenían” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,965
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de contener o de contenerse.
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 | contenían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪eˈniãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contenían” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around contenían (IPA [kõn̪t̪eˈniãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,965 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de contener o de contenerse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for contenían, with forms such as "ccontenían", "cnotenían", and "conetnían". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "contenta", "convenía", "contenido", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is contenían, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de contener o de contenerse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontenían
- cnotenían
- conetnían
- conntenían
- contenaín
- contennían
- conteníann
- contenína
- conteínan
- contneían
- conttenían
- cotnenían
- ocntenían
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contenían - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “contenían”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-E-N-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪eˈniãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “contenta” - see the side-by-side comparison. contenían vs contenta
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.