ocurrían

[okuˈriãn]

/[okuˈriãn]/ verb

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The verdict

“ocurrían” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #43,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,749
frequency rank, Spanish
1,467
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
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 ocurrir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ocurrian · ocurrían · Spanish

ocurrían · rank #43,749 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,749
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,467
  • PHOTO-FINISH ocasionadas

Nearest frequency peer: ocasionadas (-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 “ocurrían”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “ocurrían” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ocurrían vs ocurrió
63% similar
ocurrían vs ocurrir
63% similar
ocurrían vs ocurrido
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ocurrían
PropertyValue
Headwordocurrían
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[okuˈriãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,749
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ocurrían”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).ocurríancae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ocasionadas” (#43,748), “oftalmología” (#43,750), “obtuso” (#43,747). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “ocurrían” va en #43,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ocurrían (IPA [okuˈriãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,749 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ocurrir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ocurrían, with forms such as "courrían", "occurrían", and "ocrurían". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ocurrió", "ocurrir", "ocurrido", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ocurrían, spelled O-C-U-R-R-Í-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ocurrir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • courrían
  • occurrían
  • ocrurían
  • ocurraín
  • ocurríann
  • ocurrína
  • ocurían
  • ocuríran
  • oucrrían

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ocurrían - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

courrían2occurrían1ocrurían2ocurraín2ocurríann1ocurrína2ocurían1ocuríran2
Edit distance from "ocurrían"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ocurrían"?
"ocurrían" is spelled O-C-U-R-R-Í-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [okuˈriãn].
What does "ocurrían" mean?
As a verb, "ocurrían" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ocurrir.
What words are commonly confused with "ocurrían"?
"ocurrían" is commonly confused with "ocurrió", "ocurrir", "ocurrido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ocurrían"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ocurrían" is [okuˈriãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ocurrían" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ocurrían", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

northern#43,739negritos#43,736patógeno#43,765mundanos#43,731

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

obtuso9 variantsoriunda9 variantsmucosas9 variantsmigran9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list