señalen

[seˈɲalẽn]

/[seˈɲalẽn]/ verb

The verdict

“señalen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,233 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,233
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de señalar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-senalen · señalen · Spanish

señalen · rank #51,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,233
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sentirían

Nearest frequency peer: sentirían (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “señalen”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “señalen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for señalen
PropertyValue
Headwordseñalen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[seˈɲalẽn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,233
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “señalen” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.señalencae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “sentirían” (#51,232), “shine” (#51,235), “sempre” (#51,230). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “señalen” va en #51,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

señalen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,233 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [seˈɲalẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

señalen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is señalen, spelled S-E-Ñ-A-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de señalar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de señalar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "señalen"?
"señalen" is spelled S-E-Ñ-A-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈɲalẽn].
What does "señalen" mean?
As a verb, "señalen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de señalar.
How do you pronounce "señalen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "señalen" is [seˈɲalẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "señalen" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "señalen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list