Which to use
“adelantar” and “adelantarse” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,961
- “adelantar” frequency rank
- #34,863
- “adelantarse” frequency rank
- 47824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelantar | adelantarse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pasar delante de otro. Realizar una acción antes que otro. | Ganar la delantera a alguno andando o corriendo, dejarle atrás. |
Where the eye mixes adelantar and adelantarse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses adelantar with adelantarse
A purely visual mix-up. adelantar ([að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) and adelantarse ([að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾse]) 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 “adelantarse”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47824, 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]. adelantarse is at rank #34,863, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾse].
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 47824, this pair ranks #117,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adelantar vs adelantarse
Shared letters: adelnrt. Private to "adelantar": -. Private to "adelantarse": s.
"adelantar" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC · "adelantarse" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adelantar ← addelantar · adealntar · adelanatr · adelanntar · adelantarr · adelantra · adelanttar · adelatnar
- adelantarse ← addelantarse · adealntarse · adelanatrse · adelanntarse · adelantarce · adelantares · adelantarrse · adelantarsse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adelantar" for "adelantarse" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adelantar" vs "adelantarse" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelantar" and "adelantarse" 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 #117,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.