reciban
[reˈsiβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“reciban” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,690
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 12
- 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 presente de subjuntivo de recibir o de recibirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-reciban · reciban · Spanish
reciban · rank #12,690 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,690
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Ramiro
Nearest frequency peer: Ramiro (-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 “reciban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- queramos
queramos
87,314 corpus weight
- quisieras
quisieras
87,313 corpus weight
- Ramiro
Ramiro
87,312 corpus weight
- reciban
reciban
87,311 corpus weight
- recibirán
recibirán
87,310 corpus weight
- recogiendo
recogiendo
87,309 corpus weight
What this shows “reciban” 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 | reciban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [reˈsiβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “reciban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around reciban (IPA [reˈsiβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,690 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for reciban, with forms such as "erciban", "rceiban", and "recbian". 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, "reían", "recién", "recibe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is reciban, spelled R-E-C-I-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de recibir o de recibirse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de recibir o del imperativo negativo de recibirse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erciban
- rceiban
- recbian
- recciban
- reciabn
- recibann
- recibban
- recibna
- recivan
- reicban
- resiban
- rreciban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reciban - 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 "reciban", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).