sabíamos

/[saˈβ̞iamos]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,535

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

sabíamos is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de saber. Pronounced [saˈβ̞iamos]. It ranks #9,535 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sabías and sabios.

Key facts for sabíamos
PropertyValue
Headwordsabíamos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[saˈβ̞iamos]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,535
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sabíamos is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saˈβ̞iamos]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,535 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de saber.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sabíamos, with forms such as "asbíamos", "sabaímos", and "sabbíamos". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "sabías", "sabios", "salimos", 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 sabíamos, spelled S-A-B-Í-A-M-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de saber.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asbíamos,sabaímos,sabbíamos,sabíammos,sabíamoss,sabíamso,sabíaoms,sabímaos,savíamos,saíbamos,sbaíamos,ssabíamos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sabíamos

Misspelling Variants of "sabíamos"

asbíamos8sabaímos8sabbíamos9sabíammos9sabíamoss9sabíamso8sabíaoms8sabímaos8
Misspelling Variants of "sabíamos"

Frequency rank: #9,535 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sabíamos"?
"sabíamos" is spelled S-A-B-Í-A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [saˈβ̞iamos].
What does "sabíamos" mean?
As a verb, "sabíamos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de saber.
What words are commonly confused with "sabíamos"?
"sabíamos" is commonly confused with "sabías", "sabios", "salimos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sabíamos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabíamos" is [saˈβ̞iamos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabíamos" come from?
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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.