pueden
[ˈpweð̞ẽn]
The verdict
“pueden” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #169
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de poder.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pueden · pueden · Spanish
pueden · rank #169 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #169
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH poder
Nearest frequency peer: poder (-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 “pueden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- parece
parece
99,835 corpus weight
- nuestra
nuestra
99,834 corpus weight
- poder
poder
99,833 corpus weight
- pueden
pueden
99,832 corpus weight
- pues
pues
99,831 corpus weight
- verdad
verdad
99,830 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pueden” 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 | pueden |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpweð̞ẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “pueden” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around pueden (IPA [ˈpweð̞ẽn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #169 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de poder.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pueden, with forms such as "peuden", "ppueden", and "pudeen". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "puedo", "puedes", "pude", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pueden, spelled P-U-E-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de poder.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- peuden
- ppueden
- pudeen
- puedden
- puedenn
- puedne
- pueedn
- upeden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pueden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "pueden", 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 "pueden". Here's where to go from here.
- "pueden" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "puedo". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #169 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.