supiesen

[suˈpjesẽn]

/[suˈpjesẽn]/ verb

The verdict

“supiesen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,715 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,715
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de saber.

Corpus desk

Index ES-supiesen · supiesen · Spanish

supiesen · rank #77,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,715
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH suplicaba

Nearest frequency peer: suplicaba (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “supiesen”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “supiesen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for supiesen
PropertyValue
Headwordsupiesen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[suˈpjesẽn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,715
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “supiesen” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.supiesencae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “suplicaba” (#77,716), “superflua” (#77,713), “suplicamos” (#77,717). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “supiesen” va en #77,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

supiesen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,715 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [suˈpjesẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de saber.".

Zero misspellings are on record for supiesen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is supiesen, spelled S-U-P-I-E-S-E-N.

Definition

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

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "supiesen"?
"supiesen" is spelled S-U-P-I-E-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [suˈpjesẽn].
What does "supiesen" mean?
As a verb, "supiesen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de saber.
How do you pronounce "supiesen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supiesen" is [suˈpjesẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supiesen" come from?
"supiesen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "supiesen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list