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Which to use

“aburre” and “aburren” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,134
“aburre” frequency rank
#31,609
“aburren” frequency rank
49743
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aburre aburren
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de aburrarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de aburrarse.

Where the eye mixes aburre and aburren

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. aburre runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against aburren's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aburre
7 ch
aburren

Visual trap between aburre and aburren

A purely visual mix-up. aburre ([aˈβ̞ure]) and aburren ([aˈβ̞urẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “aburre” sits inside “aburren”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aburre is recorded at frequency rank #18,134, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈβ̞ure]. aburren is at rank #31,609, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈβ̞urẽn].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49743, this pair ranks #107,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aburre vs aburren

Shared letters: aberu. Private to "aburre": -. Private to "aburren": n.

"aburre" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "aburren" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aburreabburre · abrure · abure · aburer · aubrre · avurre · baurre
  • aburrenabburren · abruren · aburen · aburern · aburrenn · aburrne · aubrren · avurren

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aburre" for "aburren" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈβ̞ure] versus [aˈβ̞urẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aburre" vs "aburren" - which ranks higher?
"aburre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,134 in our Spanish list, against #31,609 for "aburren". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aburre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aburren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aburre" and "aburren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aburren vs aburrí". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #107,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list