detectan
[d̪eˈt̪ekt̪ãn]
The verdict
“detectan” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,114
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de detectar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-detectan · detectan · Spanish
detectan · rank #24,114 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,114
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desprestigio
Nearest frequency peer: desprestigio (-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 “detectan”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- desesperanza
desesperanza
75,891 corpus weight
- desprestigio
desprestigio
75,888 corpus weight
- detectan
detectan
75,887 corpus weight
- devuelvo
devuelvo
75,886 corpus weight
- diferencial…
diferenciales
75,885 corpus weight
- digerir
digerir
75,884 corpus weight
What this shows “detectan” 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 | detectan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈt̪ekt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “detectan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around detectan (IPA [d̪eˈt̪ekt̪ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,114 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de detectar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for detectan, with forms such as "ddetectan", "deetctan", and "detcetan". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "detesta", "detengan", "detector", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 detectan, spelled D-E-T-E-C-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de detectar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetectan
- deetctan
- detcetan
- detecatn
- detecctan
- detectann
- detectna
- detecttan
- detetcan
- dettectan
- dteectan
- edtectan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of detectan - 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.
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 "detectan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).