ocupaban
[okuˈpaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“ocupaban” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,770
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- 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 ocupar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ocupaban · ocupaban · Spanish
ocupaban · rank #21,770 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,770
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ocultando
Nearest frequency peer: ocultando (-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 “ocupaban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- obsequio
obsequio
78,234 corpus weight
- observe
observe
78,233 corpus weight
- ocultando
ocultando
78,232 corpus weight
- ocupaban
ocupaban
78,231 corpus weight
- oda
oda
78,230 corpus weight
- ofrecidos
ofrecidos
78,228 corpus weight
What this shows “ocupaban” 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 | ocupaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [okuˈpaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ocupaban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ocupaban (IPA [okuˈpaβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,770 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ocupar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ocupaban, with forms such as "coupaban", "occupaban", and "ocpuaban". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ocupan", "ocupada", "ocupará", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ocupaban, spelled O-C-U-P-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ocupar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- coupaban
- occupaban
- ocpuaban
- ocuapban
- ocupaabn
- ocupabann
- ocupabban
- ocupabna
- ocupavan
- ocupbaan
- ocuppaban
- oucpaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ocupaban - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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).