señalaban
[seɲaˈlaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“señalaban” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #37,322. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,322
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de señalar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-senalaban · señalaban · Spanish
señalaban · rank #37,322 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,322
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH seriales
Nearest frequency peer: seriales (-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 “señalaban”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- secuestradas
secuestradas
62,684 corpus weight
- sent
sent
62,682 corpus weight
- sepáis
sepáis
62,681 corpus weight
- seriales
seriales
62,680 corpus weight
- señalaban
señalaban
62,679 corpus weight
- sombrilla
sombrilla
62,675 corpus weight
What this shows “señalaban” 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 | señalaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [seɲaˈlaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “señalaban”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around señalaban (IPA [seɲaˈlaβ̞ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,322 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de señalar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for señalaban, with forms such as "ceñalaban", "esñalaban", and "seañlaban". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "señalan", "señalada", "señalaron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is señalaban, spelled S-E-Ñ-A-L-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de señalar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ceñalaban
- esñalaban
- seañlaban
- señaalban
- señalaabn
- señalabann
- señalabban
- señalabna
- señalavan
- señalbaan
- señallaban
- señlaaban
- sseñalaban
- sñealaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of señalaban - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "señalaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).