estuvo
[esˈt̪uβ̞o]
The verdict
“estuvo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #643 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #643
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de estar o de estarse.
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 | estuvo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈt̪uβ̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estuvo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for estuvo is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈt̪uβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #643 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de estar o de estarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for estuvo, with forms such as "esstuvo", "esttuvo", and "estubo". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "esto", "estado", "estilo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 estuvo, spelled E-S-T-U-V-O.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de estar o de estarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esstuvo,esttuvo,estubo,estuov,estuvvo,estvuo,esutvo,etsuvo,setuvo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estuvo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “estuvo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-U-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈt̪uβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “esto” - see the side-by-side comparison. estuvo vs esto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.