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
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de obtener.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obtenian · obtenían · Spanish
obtenían · rank #43,151 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,151
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH observaban
Nearest frequency peer: observaban (-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 “obtenían”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- nutria
nutria
56,853 corpus weight
- observaban
observaban
56,851 corpus weight
- obtenían
obtenían
56,850 corpus weight
- ocultaron
ocultaron
56,849 corpus weight
- opongan
opongan
56,847 corpus weight
- orquestada
orquestada
56,846 corpus weight
What this shows “obtenían” 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 | 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) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “obtenían”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around obtenían (IPA [oβ̞t̪eˈniãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,151 among 1,467 “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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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).