molestan
[moˈlest̪ãn]
The verdict
“molestan” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,650
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- 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 molestar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-molestan · molestan · Spanish
molestan · rank #12,650 · 12 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,650
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mola
Nearest frequency peer: mola (-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 “molestan”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- mirad
mirad
87,355 corpus weight
- misioneros
misioneros
87,354 corpus weight
- mola
mola
87,352 corpus weight
- molestan
molestan
87,351 corpus weight
- mon
mon
87,350 corpus weight
- morado
morado
87,348 corpus weight
What this shows “molestan” 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 | molestan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [moˈlest̪ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “molestan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around molestan (IPA [moˈlest̪ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,650 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de molestar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for molestan, with forms such as "mloestan", "mmolestan", and "moelstan". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "molesto", "molestia", "molestar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is molestan, spelled M-O-L-E-S-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de molestar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mloestan
- mmolestan
- moelstan
- molesatn
- molesstan
- molestann
- molestna
- molesttan
- moletsan
- mollestan
- molsetan
- omlestan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of molestan - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).