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“adelantan” and “adelantando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,420
- “adelantan” frequency rank
- #31,184
- “adelantando” frequency rank
- 65604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelantan | adelantando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de adelantar o de adelantarse. | Gerundio de adelantar. |
Where the eye mixes adelantan and adelantando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. adelantan runs 9 letters (VCVCVCCVC) against adelantando's 11 (VCVCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adelantan vs adelantando
A purely visual mix-up. adelantan ([að̞eˈlãn̪t̪ãn]) and adelantando ([að̞elãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “adelantan” sits inside “adelantando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adelantan is recorded at frequency rank #34,420, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞eˈlãn̪t̪ãn]. adelantando is at rank #31,184, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 65604, this pair ranks #42,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adelantan vs adelantando
Shared letters: adelnt. Private to "adelantan": -. Private to "adelantando": o.
"adelantan" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC · "adelantando" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adelantan ← addelantan · adealntan · adelanatn · adelanntan · adelantann · adelantna · adelanttan · adelatnan
- adelantando ← addelantando · adealntando · adelanatndo · adelanntando · adelantadno · adelantanddo · adelantanndo · adelantanod
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "adelantan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelantan" and "adelantando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adelantan vs adelantaron". 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 #42,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.