reducen

/[reˈð̞usẽn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,694

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

reducen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reducir o de reducirse. Pronounced [reˈð̞usẽn]. Often confused with reúnen and resumen.

Key facts for reducen
PropertyValue
Headwordreducen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reˈð̞usẽn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,694
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of reducen in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reducen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈð̞usẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,694 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reducir o de reducirse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for reducen, with forms such as "erducen", "rdeucen", and "redcuen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "reúnen", "resumen", "reducir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is reducen, spelled R-E-D-U-C-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reducir o de reducirse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erducen,rdeucen,redcuen,redducen,reduccen,reducenn,reducne,reduecn,redusen,reudcen,rreducen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reducen

Misspelling Variants of "reducen"

erducen7rdeucen7redcuen7redducen8reduccen8reducenn8reducne7reduecn7
Misspelling Variants of "reducen"

Frequency rank: #12,694 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reducen"?
"reducen" is spelled R-E-D-U-C-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈð̞usẽn].
What does "reducen" mean?
As a verb, "reducen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reducir o de reducirse.
What words are commonly confused with "reducen"?
"reducen" is commonly confused with "reúnen", "resumen", "reducir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reducen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reducen" is [reˈð̞usẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reducen" come from?
"reducen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.