demostraban

/[d̪emosˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,475

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

demostraban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de demostrar. Pronounced [d̪emosˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]. Often confused with demostrada and demostrará.

Key facts for demostraban
PropertyValue
Headworddemostraban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪emosˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,475
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for demostraban is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪emosˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,475 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 pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de demostrar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for demostraban, with forms such as "ddemostraban", "demmostraban", and "demosrtaban". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "demostrada", "demostrará", "demostraron", 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 demostraban, spelled D-E-M-O-S-T-R-A-B-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 pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de demostrar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemostraban,demmostraban,demosrtaban,demosstraban,demostarban,demostraabn,demostrabann,demostrabban,demostrabna,demostravan,demostrbaan,demostrraban,demosttraban,demotsraban,demsotraban,deomstraban,dmeostraban,edmostraban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demostraban

Misspelling Variants of "demostraban"

ddemostraban12demmostraban12demosrtaban11demosstraban12demostarban11demostraabn11demostrabann12demostrabban12
Misspelling Variants of "demostraban"

Frequency rank: #46,475 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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