obtienen

/[oβ̞ˈt̪jenẽn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,558

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

obtienen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de obtener. Pronounced [oβ̞ˈt̪jenẽn]. It ranks #8,558 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with obtienes and obtener.

Key facts for obtienen
PropertyValue
Headwordobtienen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[oβ̞ˈt̪jenẽn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,558
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for obtienen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oβ̞ˈt̪jenẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,558 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de obtener.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for obtienen, with forms such as "botienen", "obbtienen", and "obitenen". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "obtienes", "obtener", "obtiene", 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 obtienen, spelled O-B-T-I-E-N-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 indicativo de obtener.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: botienen,obbtienen,obitenen,obteinen,obtieenn,obtienenn,obtiennen,obtineen,obttienen,otbienen,ovtienen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obtienen

Misspelling Variants of "obtienen"

botienen8obbtienen9obitenen8obteinen8obtieenn8obtienenn9obtiennen9obtineen8
Misspelling Variants of "obtienen"

Frequency rank: #8,558 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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