estabais
[esˈt̪aβ̞ajs]
The verdict
“estabais” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,630
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estar.
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 | estabais |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈt̪aβ̞ajs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estabais” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around estabais (IPA [esˈt̪aβ̞ajs]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,630 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for estabais, with forms such as "esatbais", "esstabais", and "estaabis". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "estáis", "estaban", "estabas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is estabais, spelled E-S-T-A-B-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esatbais
- esstabais
- estaabis
- estabaiss
- estabasi
- estabbais
- estabias
- estavais
- estbaais
- esttabais
- etsabais
- setabais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estabais - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “estabais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-A-B-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈt̪aβ̞ajs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estáis” - see the side-by-side comparison. estabais vs estáis
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.