continuaba
[kõn̪t̪iˈnwaβ̞a]
The verdict
“continuaba” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,107
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de continuar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-continuaba · continuaba · Spanish
continuaba · rank #14,107 · 15 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,107
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contenedor
Nearest frequency peer: contenedor (-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 “continuaba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- confirmaron
confirmaron
85,897 corpus weight
- construidas
construidas
85,896 corpus weight
- contenedor
contenedor
85,895 corpus weight
- continuaba
continuaba
85,894 corpus weight
- contribuyen…
contribuyendo
85,893 corpus weight
- correctos
correctos
85,891 corpus weight
What this shows “continuaba” 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 | continuaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪iˈnwaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “continuaba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around continuaba (IPA [kõn̪t̪iˈnwaβ̞a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,107 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for continuaba, with forms such as "ccontinuaba", "cnotinuaba", and "conitnuaba". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "continuar", "continúan", "continuará", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 continuaba, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de continuar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de continuar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontinuaba
- cnotinuaba
- conitnuaba
- conntinuaba
- continauba
- continnuaba
- continuaab
- continuabba
- continuava
- continubaa
- contiunaba
- contniuaba
- conttinuaba
- cotninuaba
- ocntinuaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of continuaba - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "continuaba", 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).