estuvieran
[est̪uˈβ̞jeɾãn]
The verdict
“estuvieran” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,018
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de estar o de estarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estuvieran · estuvieran · Spanish
estuvieran · rank #7,018 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,018
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH establecidas
Nearest frequency peer: establecidas (-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 “estuvieran”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- energías
energías
92,986 corpus weight
- escasa
escasa
92,985 corpus weight
- establecidas
establecidas
92,984 corpus weight
- estuvieran
estuvieran
92,983 corpus weight
- excepcional
excepcional
92,982 corpus weight
- excepciones
excepciones
92,981 corpus weight
What this shows “estuvieran” 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 | estuvieran |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [est̪uˈβ̞jeɾãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “estuvieran”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around estuvieran (IPA [est̪uˈβ̞jeɾãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,018 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de estar o de estarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for estuvieran, with forms such as "esstuvieran", "esttuvieran", and "estubieran". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "estuvieron", "estuvieras", "estuviesen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is estuvieran, spelled E-S-T-U-V-I-E-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de estar o de estarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esstuvieran
- esttuvieran
- estubieran
- estuiveran
- estuveiran
- estuviearn
- estuvierann
- estuvierna
- estuvierran
- estuvirean
- estuvvieran
- estvuieran
- esutvieran
- etsuvieran
- setuvieran
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estuvieran - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estuvieran", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).