protestaban
[pɾot̪esˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“protestaban” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #46,143. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,143
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- 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 protestar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-protestaban · protestaban · Spanish
protestaban · rank #46,143 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,143
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH propagandistas
Nearest frequency peer: propagandistas (-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 “protestaban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- profusión
profusión
53,861 corpus weight
- promotoras
promotoras
53,860 corpus weight
- propagandis…
propagandistas
53,859 corpus weight
- protestaban
protestaban
53,858 corpus weight
- proud
proud
53,857 corpus weight
- proveedora
proveedora
53,856 corpus weight
What this shows “protestaban” 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 | protestaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾot̪esˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #46,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “protestaban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around protestaban (IPA [pɾot̪esˈt̪aβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,143 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de protestar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for protestaban, with forms such as "portestaban", "pprotestaban", and "proetstaban". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "protestan", "protestaron", "prestaban", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is protestaban, spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de protestar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- portestaban
- pprotestaban
- proetstaban
- protesatban
- protesstaban
- protestaabn
- protestabann
- protestabban
- protestabna
- protestavan
- protestbaan
- protesttaban
- protetsaban
- protsetaban
- prottestaban
- prrotestaban
- prtoestaban
- rpotestaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of protestaban - 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
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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 (18 here; floor ≥5).