preocupaban
[pɾeokuˈpaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“preocupaban” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,937
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 17
- 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 preocupar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-preocupaban · preocupaban · Spanish
preocupaban · rank #44,937 · 17 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,937
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH prehistóricos
Nearest frequency peer: prehistóricos (-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 “preocupaban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- preferencia…
preferenciales
55,068 corpus weight
- pregonero
pregonero
55,067 corpus weight
- prehistóric…
prehistóricos
55,065 corpus weight
- preocupaban
preocupaban
55,064 corpus weight
- prepucio
prepucio
55,061 corpus weight
- presenciaron
presenciaron
55,060 corpus weight
What this shows “preocupaban” 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 | preocupaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾeokuˈpaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #44,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “preocupaban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around preocupaban (IPA [pɾeokuˈpaβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,937 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de preocupar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for preocupaban, with forms such as "perocupaban", "ppreocupaban", and "precoupaban". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "preocupan", "preocupada", "preocupadas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is preocupaban, spelled P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de preocupar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perocupaban
- ppreocupaban
- precoupaban
- preoccupaban
- preocpuaban
- preocuapban
- preocupaabn
- preocupabann
- preocupabban
- preocupabna
- preocupavan
- preocupbaan
- preocuppaban
- preoucpaban
- proecupaban
- prreocupaban
- rpeocupaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preocupaban - 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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).