graban

/[ˈgɾaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,691

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

graban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de grabar. Pronounced [ˈgɾaβ̞ãn]. Often confused with gran and grasa.

Key facts for graban
PropertyValue
Headwordgraban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈgɾaβ̞ãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,691
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for graban is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,691 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 grabar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for graban, with forms such as "garban", "ggraban", and "graabn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "grasa", "grata", 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 graban, spelled G-R-A-B-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 grabar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garban,ggraban,graabn,grabann,grabban,grabna,gravan,grbaan,grraban,rgaban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for graban

Misspelling Variants of "graban"

garban6ggraban7graabn6grabann7grabban7grabna6gravan6grbaan6
Misspelling Variants of "graban"

Frequency rank: #21,691 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "graban"?
"graban" is spelled G-R-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾaβ̞ãn].
What does "graban" mean?
As a verb, "graban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de grabar.
What words are commonly confused with "graban"?
"graban" is commonly confused with "gran", "grasa", "grata". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "graban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graban" is [ˈgɾaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graban" come from?
"graban" 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.