Which to use
“alegado” and “alegan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,937
- “alegado” frequency rank
- #30,322
- “alegan” frequency rank
- 68259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alegado | alegan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de alegar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alegar. |
Where the eye mixes alegado and alegan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. alegado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against alegan's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between alegado and alegan
A purely visual mix-up. alegado ([aleˈɣ̞að̞o]) and alegan ([aˈleɣ̞ãn]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alegado is recorded at frequency rank #37,937, classified as averb, pronounced [aleˈɣ̞að̞o]. alegan is at rank #30,322, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈleɣ̞ãn].
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 68259, this pair ranks #34,977 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alegado vs alegan
Shared letters: aegl. Private to "alegado": do. Private to "alegan": n.
"alegado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "alegan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alegado" and "alegan" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "alegado" or "alegan"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "alegado" and "alegan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alegado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alegan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,977 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alegado" and "alegan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alegado vs apenado". 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 #34,977 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.