escribieran
[eskɾiˈβ̞jeɾãn]
The verdict
“escribieran” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,243 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,243
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de escribir o de escribirse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escribieran |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskɾiˈβ̞jeɾãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escribieran” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
escribieran is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,243 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eskɾiˈβ̞jeɾãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de escribir o de escribirse.".
escribieran doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is escribieran, spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-I-E-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de escribir o de escribirse.
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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Using “escribieran”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-R-I-B-I-E-R-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskɾiˈβ̞jeɾãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.