obtenían
[oβ̞t̪eˈniãn]
The verdict
“obtenían” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #43,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,151
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de obtener.
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 | obtenían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oβ̞t̪eˈniãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obtenían” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around obtenían (IPA [oβ̞t̪eˈniãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,151 among 10,276 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de obtener.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for obtenían, with forms such as "botenían", "obbtenían", and "obetnían". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "obtenido", "obtenida", "ostentan", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is obtenían, spelled O-B-T-E-N-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de obtener.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- botenían
- obbtenían
- obetnían
- obtenaín
- obtennían
- obteníann
- obtenína
- obteínan
- obtneían
- obttenían
- otbenían
- ovtenían
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obtenían - 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 “obtenían”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-B-T-E-N-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oβ̞t̪eˈniãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “obtenido” - see the side-by-side comparison. obtenían vs obtenido
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.