favorecen
[faβ̞oˈɾesẽn]
The verdict
“favorecen” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,858 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #15,858
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
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 favorecer.
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 | favorecen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [faβ̞oˈɾesẽn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “favorecen” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for favorecen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [faβ̞oˈɾesẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,858 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de favorecer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for favorecen, with forms such as "afvorecen", "faborecen", and "faovrecen". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "florecen", "favorecer", "favoreció", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is favorecen, spelled F-A-V-O-R-E-C-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de favorecer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afvorecen,faborecen,faovrecen,favoercen,favorceen,favoreccen,favorecenn,favorecne,favoreecn,favoresen,favorrecen,favroecen,favvorecen,ffavorecen,fvaorecen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of favorecen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “favorecen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-V-O-R-E-C-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [faβ̞oˈɾesẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “florecen” - see the side-by-side comparison. favorecen vs florecen
- 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.