sumaban
[suˈmaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“sumaban” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #40,006 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #40,006
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sumar.
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 | sumaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suˈmaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sumaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sumaban is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suˈmaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,006 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sumar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sumaban, with forms such as "smuaban", "ssumaban", and "suamban". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "suman", "sumada", "sumaron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 sumaban, spelled S-U-M-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sumar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: smuaban,ssumaban,suamban,sumaabn,sumabann,sumabban,sumabna,sumavan,sumbaan,summaban,usmaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sumaban - 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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Using “sumaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-M-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suˈmaβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “suman” - see the side-by-side comparison. sumaban vs suman
- 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.