pedían
[peˈð̞iãn]
The verdict
“pedían” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,893. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,893
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- 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 pedir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pedian · pedían · Spanish
pedían · rank #12,893 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,893
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pavo
Nearest frequency peer: pavo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pedían”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- parásitos
parásitos
87,111 corpus weight
- pasaste
pasaste
87,110 corpus weight
- pavo
pavo
87,109 corpus weight
- pedían
pedían
87,108 corpus weight
- pertenencias
pertenencias
87,107 corpus weight
- pertinente
pertinente
87,106 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pedían” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pedían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peˈð̞iãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “pedían” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around pedían (IPA [peˈð̞iãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,893 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pedir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pedían, with forms such as "epdían", "pdeían", and "pedaín". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "podía", "pedir", "Pekín", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pedían, spelled P-E-D-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pedir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epdían
- pdeían
- pedaín
- peddían
- pedíann
- pedína
- peídan
- ppedían
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pedían - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pedían", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "pedían". Here's where to go from here.
- "pedían" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "podía". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,893 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.