participaban
[paɾt̪isiˈpaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“participaban” has 20 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,391. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,391
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- 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 participar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-participaban · participaban · Spanish
participaban · rank #25,391 · 20 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,391
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Parkinson
Nearest frequency peer: Parkinson (-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 “participaban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- pancarta
pancarta
74,613 corpus weight
- panfleto
panfleto
74,612 corpus weight
- Parkinson
Parkinson
74,611 corpus weight
- participaban
participaban
74,610 corpus weight
- Paterno
Paterno
74,608 corpus weight
- Patiño
Patiño
74,607 corpus weight
What this shows “participaban” 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 | participaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paɾt̪isiˈpaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #25,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “participaban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around participaban (IPA [paɾt̪isiˈpaβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,391 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de participar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for participaban, with forms such as "aprticipaban", "paritcipaban", and "parrticipaban". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "participan", "participará", "participaron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is participaban, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de participar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprticipaban
- paritcipaban
- parrticipaban
- partciipaban
- particcipaban
- particiapban
- participaabn
- participabann
- participabban
- participabna
- participavan
- participbaan
- particippaban
- particpiaban
- partiicpaban
- partisipaban
- partticipaban
- patricipaban
- pparticipaban
- praticipaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of participaban - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).