investiguen

/[ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞ẽn]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,540

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

investiguen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de investigar. Pronounced [ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞ẽn]. Often confused with investigan and investigué.

Key facts for investiguen
PropertyValue
Headwordinvestiguen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞ẽn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,540
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for investiguen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞ẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,540 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for investiguen, with forms such as "inbestiguen", "inevstiguen", and "innvestiguen". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "investigan", "investigué", 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 investiguen, spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-U-E-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 subjuntivo de investigar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de investigar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inbestiguen,inevstiguen,innvestiguen,invesitguen,invesstiguen,investgiuen,investigeun,investigguen,investiguenn,investigune,investiugen,investtiguen,invetsiguen,invsetiguen,invvestiguen,ivnestiguen,nivestiguen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for investiguen

Misspelling Variants of "investiguen"

inbestiguen11inevstiguen11innvestiguen12invesitguen11invesstiguen12investgiuen11investigeun11investigguen12
Misspelling Variants of "investiguen"

Frequency rank: #24,540 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "investiguen"?
"investiguen" is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-U-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞ẽn].
What does "investiguen" mean?
As a verb, "investiguen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de investigar.
What words are commonly confused with "investiguen"?
"investiguen" is commonly confused with "investigan", "investigué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "investiguen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "investiguen" is [ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞ẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "investiguen" come from?
"investiguen" 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.