editan

/[eˈð̞it̪ãn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,186

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

editan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de editar. Pronounced [eˈð̞it̪ãn]. Often confused with están and evita.

Key facts for editan
PropertyValue
Headwordeditan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eˈð̞it̪ãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,186
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for editan is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈð̞it̪ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,186 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 editar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for editan, with forms such as "deitan", "edditan", and "ediatn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "están", "evita", "Edith", 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 editan, spelled E-D-I-T-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 editar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: deitan,edditan,ediatn,editann,editna,edittan,edtian,eidtan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for editan

Misspelling Variants of "editan"

deitan6edditan7ediatn6editann7editna6edittan7edtian6eidtan6
Misspelling Variants of "editan"

Frequency rank: #39,186 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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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.