subsisten
[suβ̞ˈsist̪ẽn]
The verdict
“subsisten” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,160
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de subsistir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-subsisten · subsisten · Spanish
subsisten · rank #42,160 · 16 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,160
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH soriana
Nearest frequency peer: soriana (-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 “subsisten”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sorgo
sorgo
57,843 corpus weight
- soriana
soriana
57,842 corpus weight
- subsisten
subsisten
57,841 corpus weight
- sucumbió
sucumbió
57,840 corpus weight
- suenen
suenen
57,839 corpus weight
- sufras
sufras
57,838 corpus weight
What this shows “subsisten” 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 | subsisten |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suβ̞ˈsist̪ẽn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “subsisten”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around subsisten (IPA [suβ̞ˈsist̪ẽn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,160 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de subsistir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for subsisten, with forms such as "sbusisten", "ssubsisten", and "subbsisten". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "subsistir", "subiste", "subsiste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is subsisten, spelled S-U-B-S-I-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de subsistir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sbusisten
- ssubsisten
- subbsisten
- subcisten
- subissten
- subsisetn
- subsissten
- subsistenn
- subsistne
- subsistten
- subsitsen
- subssisten
- subssiten
- susbisten
- suvsisten
- usbsisten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of subsisten - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "subsisten", 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 (16 here; floor ≥5).