secan

/[ˈsekãn]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,455

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

secan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de secar. Pronounced [ˈsekãn]. Often confused with sen and sepa.

Key facts for secan
PropertyValue
Headwordsecan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsekãn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,455
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for secan is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsekãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,455 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 secar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for secan, with forms such as "cecan", "escan", and "scean". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sen", "sepa", "sera", 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 secan, spelled S-E-C-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 secar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cecan,escan,scean,seacn,secann,seccan,secna,ssecan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for secan

Misspelling Variants of "secan"

cecan5escan5scean5seacn5secann6seccan6secna5ssecan6
Misspelling Variants of "secan"

Frequency rank: #39,455 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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