ocurrieron

/[okuˈrjeɾõn]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,881

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

ocurrieron is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ocurrir. Pronounced [okuˈrjeɾõn]. Often confused with ocurriera.

Key facts for ocurrieron
PropertyValue
Headwordocurrieron
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[okuˈrjeɾõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,881
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ocurrieron is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [okuˈrjeɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,881 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ocurrir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for ocurrieron, with forms such as "courrieron", "occurrieron", and "ocrurieron". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ocurriera", 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 ocurrieron, spelled O-C-U-R-R-I-E-R-O-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 pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ocurrir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: courrieron,occurrieron,ocrurieron,ocurieron,ocurireron,ocurreiron,ocurrieorn,ocurrierno,ocurrieronn,ocurrierron,ocurrireon,oucrrieron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ocurrieron

Misspelling Variants of "ocurrieron"

courrieron10occurrieron11ocrurieron10ocurieron9ocurireron10ocurreiron10ocurrieorn10ocurrierno10
Misspelling Variants of "ocurrieron"

Frequency rank: #12,881 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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