funcionan

[fũnˈsjonãn]

/[fũnˈsjonãn]/ verb

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The verdict

“funcionan” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,605
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de funcionar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-funcionan · funcionan · Spanish

funcionan · rank #4,605 · 13 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,605
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH Florida

Nearest frequency peer: Florida (-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 “funcionan”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “funcionan” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

funcionan vs funcione
78% similar
funcionan vs funciono
78% similar
funcionan vs fusionan
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for funcionan
PropertyValue
Headwordfuncionan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fũnˈsjonãn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,605
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “funcionan”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).funcionancae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Florida” (#4,604), “gane” (#4,606), “fiscalía” (#4,603). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “funcionan” va en #4,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around funcionan (IPA [fũnˈsjonãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,605 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de funcionar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for funcionan, with forms such as "ffuncionan", "fnucionan", and "fucnionan". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "funcione", "funciono", "fusionan", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is funcionan, spelled F-U-N-C-I-O-N-A-N.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffuncionan
  • fnucionan
  • fucnionan
  • funccionan
  • funcinoan
  • funcioann
  • funcionann
  • funcionnan
  • funcoinan
  • funiconan
  • funncionan
  • funsionan
  • ufncionan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of funcionan - 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.

ffuncionan1fnucionan2fucnionan2funccionan1funcinoan2funcioann2funcionann1funcionnan1
Edit distance from "funcionan"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "funcionan"?
"funcionan" is spelled F-U-N-C-I-O-N-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fũnˈsjonãn].
What does "funcionan" mean?
As a verb, "funcionan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de funcionar.
What words are commonly confused with "funcionan"?
"funcionan" is commonly confused with "funcione", "funciono", "fusionan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "funcionan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "funcionan" is [fũnˈsjonãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "funcionan" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "funcionan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list