reposan

/[reˈposãn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,831

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

reposan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reposar o de reposarse. Pronounced [reˈposãn]. Often confused with reposo and revisan.

Key facts for reposan
PropertyValue
Headwordreposan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reˈposãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,831
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reposan is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈposãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,831 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 reposar o de reposarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for reposan, with forms such as "erposan", "reopsan", and "repoasn". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "reposo", "revisan", "reposar", 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 reposan, spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-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 reposar o de reposarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erposan,reopsan,repoasn,reposann,reposna,repossan,repposan,repsoan,rpeosan,rreposan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reposan

Misspelling Variants of "reposan"

erposan7reopsan7repoasn7reposann8reposna7repossan8repposan8repsoan7
Misspelling Variants of "reposan"

Frequency rank: #43,831 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reposan"?
"reposan" is spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈposãn].
What does "reposan" mean?
As a verb, "reposan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reposar o de reposarse.
What words are commonly confused with "reposan"?
"reposan" is commonly confused with "reposo", "revisan", "reposar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reposan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reposan" is [reˈposãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reposan" come from?
"reposan" 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.