Iván
[iˈβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“Iván” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,031 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #7,031
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón.
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 | Iván |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [iˈβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Iván” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Iván is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˈβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,031 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Iván, with forms such as "ibán", "ivná", and "ivván". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ivy", "iza", "Ivana", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Iván, spelled I-V-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ibán,ivná,ivván,ivánn,iávn,vián
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Iván - 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 “Iván”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-V-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iˈβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ivy” - see the side-by-side comparison. Iván vs ivy
- 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.