firmaba
[fiɾˈmaβ̞a]
The verdict
“firmaba” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,217
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de firmar o de firmarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-firmaba · firmaba · Spanish
firmaba · rank #32,217 · 11 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,217
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH focal
Nearest frequency peer: focal (+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 “firmaba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- felinos
felinos
67,787 corpus weight
- fieras
fieras
67,786 corpus weight
- firmaba
firmaba
67,784 corpus weight
- focal
focal
67,783 corpus weight
- formuladas
formuladas
67,782 corpus weight
- forzaron
forzaron
67,781 corpus weight
What this shows “firmaba” 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 | firmaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fiɾˈmaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “firmaba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around firmaba (IPA [fiɾˈmaβ̞a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,217 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for firmaba, with forms such as "ffirmaba", "fimraba", and "firamba". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "firmas", "firmar", "fumaba", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is firmaba, spelled F-I-R-M-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de firmar o de firmarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de firmar o de firmarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffirmaba
- fimraba
- firamba
- firmaab
- firmabba
- firmava
- firmbaa
- firmmaba
- firrmaba
- frimaba
- ifrmaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of firmaba - 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 "firmaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).