Which to use
“aguantan” and “aguanten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,366
- “aguantan” frequency rank
- #27,086
- “aguanten” frequency rank
- 51452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aguantan | aguanten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aguantar o de aguantarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de aguantar o de aguantarse. |
Where the eye mixes aguantan and aguanten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aguantan and aguanten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between aguantan and aguanten
A purely visual mix-up. aguantan ([aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪ãn]) and aguanten ([aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪ẽn]) 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 a single letter - a in “aguantan” becomes e in “aguanten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aguantan is recorded at frequency rank #24,366, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪ãn]. aguanten is at rank #27,086, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪ẽn].
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 51452, this pair ranks #97,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aguantan vs aguanten
Shared letters: agntu. Private to "aguantan": -. Private to "aguanten": e.
"aguantan" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC · "aguanten" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aguantan" for "aguanten" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aguantan" or "aguanten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "aguantan" and "aguanten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aguantan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aguanten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aguantan" and "aguanten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aguantan vs aguardan". 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 #97,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.