pagaban
[paˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“pagaban” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,925 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #18,925
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pagar.
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 | pagaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pagaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pagaban is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,925 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 imperfecto de indicativo de pagar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pagaban, with forms such as "apgaban", "paagban", and "pagaabn". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "pagan", "pasaba", "pagará", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 pagaban, spelled P-A-G-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pagar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apgaban,paagban,pagaabn,pagabann,pagabban,pagabna,pagavan,pagbaan,paggaban,pgaaban,ppagaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pagaban - 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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Using “pagaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-G-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pagan” - see the side-by-side comparison. pagaban vs pagan
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.