supieran

/[suˈpjeɾãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,226

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

supieran is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de saber. Pronounced [suˈpjeɾãn]. Often confused with supieron and supieras.

Key facts for supieran
PropertyValue
Headwordsupieran
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[suˈpjeɾãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,226
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of supieran in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for supieran is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suˈpjeɾãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,226 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 subjuntivo de saber.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for supieran, with forms such as "spuieran", "ssupieran", and "suiperan". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "supieron", "supieras", "supera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is supieran, spelled S-U-P-I-E-R-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de saber.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: spuieran,ssupieran,suiperan,supeiran,supiearn,supierann,supierna,supierran,supirean,suppieran,uspieran

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for supieran

Misspelling Variants of "supieran"

spuieran8ssupieran9suiperan8supeiran8supiearn8supierann9supierna8supierran9
Misspelling Variants of "supieran"

Frequency rank: #16,226 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "supieran"?
"supieran" is spelled S-U-P-I-E-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [suˈpjeɾãn].
What does "supieran" mean?
As a verb, "supieran" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de saber.
What words are commonly confused with "supieran"?
"supieran" is commonly confused with "supieron", "supieras", "supera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "supieran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supieran" is [suˈpjeɾãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supieran" come from?
"supieran" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.