Which to use
“adelantar” and “adelantaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,961
- “adelantar” frequency rank
- #36,900
- “adelantaron” frequency rank
- 49861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelantar | adelantaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pasar delante de otro. Realizar una acción antes que otro. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de adelantar o de adelantarse. |
Where the eye mixes adelantar and adelantaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. adelantar runs 9 letters (VCVCVCCVC) against adelantaron's 11 (VCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses adelantar with adelantaron
A purely visual mix-up. adelantar ([að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) and adelantaron ([að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]) 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) - “adelantar” sits inside “adelantaron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adelantar is recorded at frequency rank #12,961, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. adelantaron is at rank #36,900, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾõn].
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 49861, this pair ranks #106,452 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adelantar vs adelantaron
Shared letters: adelnrt. Private to "adelantar": -. Private to "adelantaron": o.
"adelantar" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC · "adelantaron" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adelantar ← addelantar · adealntar · adelanatr · adelanntar · adelantarr · adelantra · adelanttar · adelatnar
- adelantaron ← addelantaron · adealntaron · adelanatron · adelanntaron · adelantaorn · adelantarno · adelantaronn · adelantarron
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "adelantar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,452 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelantar" and "adelantaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adelantaron vs adelantarse". 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 #106,452 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.