cuestionan

/[kwesˈt̪jonãn]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,012

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

cuestionan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cuestionar. Pronounced [kwesˈt̪jonãn]. Often confused with cuestionó and cuestiones.

Key facts for cuestionan
PropertyValue
Headwordcuestionan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kwesˈt̪jonãn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,012
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuestionan is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwesˈt̪jonãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,012 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 cuestionar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuestionan, with forms such as "ccuestionan", "ceustionan", and "cuesitonan". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "cuestionó", "cuestiones", "cuestionar", 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 cuestionan, spelled C-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-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 cuestionar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccuestionan,ceustionan,cuesitonan,cuesstionan,cuestinoan,cuestioann,cuestionann,cuestionnan,cuestoinan,cuesttionan,cuetsionan,cusetionan,ucestionan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuestionan

Misspelling Variants of "cuestionan"

ccuestionan11ceustionan10cuesitonan10cuesstionan11cuestinoan10cuestioann10cuestionann11cuestionnan11
Misspelling Variants of "cuestionan"

Frequency rank: #23,012 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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