explican

/[eksˈplikãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,668

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

explican is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de explicar. Pronounced [eksˈplikãn]. It ranks #6,668 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with explicó and explicar.

Key facts for explican
PropertyValue
Headwordexplican
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eksˈplikãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,668
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of explican in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for explican is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eksˈplikãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,668 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de explicar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for explican, with forms such as "epxlican", "exlpican", and "expilcan". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "explicó", "explicar", "explotan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is explican, spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de explicar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxlican,exlpican,expilcan,explcian,expliacn,explicann,expliccan,explicna,expllican,expplican,exxplican,xeplican

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for explican

Misspelling Variants of "explican"

epxlican8exlpican8expilcan8explcian8expliacn8explicann9expliccan9explicna8
Misspelling Variants of "explican"

Frequency rank: #6,668 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "explican"?
"explican" is spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [eksˈplikãn].
What does "explican" mean?
As a verb, "explican" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de explicar.
What words are commonly confused with "explican"?
"explican" is commonly confused with "explicó", "explicar", "explotan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "explican"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "explican" is [eksˈplikãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "explican" come from?
"explican" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.