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“alegrado” and “alegraron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,038
“alegrado” frequency rank
#49,400
“alegraron” frequency rank
88438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alegrado alegraron
Definition Participio de alegrar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de alegrar o de alegrarse.

Where the eye mixes alegrado and alegraron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alegrado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against alegraron's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
alegrado
9 ch
alegraron

Look-alike desk: alegrado vs alegraron

A purely visual mix-up. alegrado ([aleˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]) and alegraron ([aleˈɣ̞ɾaɾõn]) 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 88438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alegrado is recorded at frequency rank #39,038, classified as averb, pronounced [aleˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]. alegraron is at rank #49,400, tagged as averb, pronounced [aleˈɣ̞ɾaɾõn].

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 88438, this pair ranks #3,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alegrado vs alegraron

Shared letters: aeglor. Private to "alegrado": d. Private to "alegraron": n.

"alegrado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "alegraron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alegradoaelgrado · alegardo · aleggrado · alegraddo · alegraod · alegrdao · alegrrado · alergado
  • alegraronaelgraron · alegarron · aleggraron · alegraorn · alegrarno · alegraronn · alegrarron · alegrraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alegrado" and "alegraron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aleˈɣ̞ɾað̞o] versus [aleˈɣ̞ɾaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "alegrado" or "alegraron"?
"alegrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,038 in our Spanish list, against #49,400 for "alegraron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "alegrado" and "alegraron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alegrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alegraron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alegrado" and "alegraron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alegraría vs alegraron". 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 #3,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list