suben
[ˈsuβ̞ẽn]
The verdict
“suben” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,492 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,492
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
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 subir o de subirse.
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 | suben |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈsuβ̞ẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suben” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for suben is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsuβ̞ẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,492 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de subir o de subirse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for suben, with forms such as "sbuen", "ssuben", and "subben". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sun", "sue", "supe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is suben, spelled S-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de subir o de subirse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sbuen,ssuben,subben,subenn,subne,suebn,suven,usben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suben - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “suben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsuβ̞ẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sun” - see the side-by-side comparison. suben vs sun
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.