espantan
[esˈpãn̪t̪ãn]
The verdict
“espantan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,250 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,250
- 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 presente de indicativo de espantar o de espantarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espantan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈpãn̪t̪ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espantan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
espantan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,250 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esˈpãn̪t̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de espantar o de espantarse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for espantan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is espantan, spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de espantar o de espantarse.
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 “espantan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-A-N-T-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.