silban
[ˈsilβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“silban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,797 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,797
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de silbar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-silban · silban · Spanish
silban · rank #96,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,797
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH sidecar
Nearest frequency peer: sidecar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “silban”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sensitive
sensitive
3,214 corpus weight
- sentence
sentence
3,212 corpus weight
- sidecar
sidecar
3,205 corpus weight
- silban
silban
3,204 corpus weight
- sillín
sillín
3,203 corpus weight
- soberanismo
soberanismo
3,195 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “silban” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | silban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈsilβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “silban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
silban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,797 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈsilβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de silbar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for silban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is silban, spelled S-I-L-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de silbar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.