terminaban
[t̪eɾmiˈnaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“terminaban” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,861 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #29,861
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- 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 terminar.
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 | terminaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪eɾmiˈnaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terminaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for terminaban is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eɾmiˈnaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,861 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 terminar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for terminaban, with forms such as "etrminaban", "temrinaban", and "terimnaban". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "terminan", "terminada", "terminará", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is terminaban, spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de terminar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrminaban,temrinaban,terimnaban,termianban,terminaabn,terminabann,terminabban,terminabna,terminavan,terminbaan,terminnaban,termminaban,termniaban,terrminaban,treminaban,tterminaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terminaban - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “terminaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-R-M-I-N-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪eɾmiˈnaβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “terminan” - see the side-by-side comparison. terminaban vs terminan
- 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.