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

#14,757
“ampliado” frequency rank
#46,917
“ampliaron” frequency rank
61674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ampliado ampliaron
Definition Participio de ampliar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ampliar.

Where the eye mixes ampliado and ampliaron

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

8 ch
ampliado
9 ch
ampliaron

Look-alike desk: ampliado vs ampliaron

A purely visual mix-up. ampliado ([ãmˈpljað̞o]) and ampliaron ([ãmˈpljaɾõn]) 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 61674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ampliado is recorded at frequency rank #14,757, classified as averb, pronounced [ãmˈpljað̞o]. ampliaron is at rank #46,917, tagged as averb, pronounced [ãmˈpljaɾõn].

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 61674, this pair ranks #54,629 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ampliado vs ampliaron

Shared letters: ailmop. Private to "ampliado": d. Private to "ampliaron": nr.

"ampliado" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "ampliaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ampliadoamlpiado · ammpliado · ampilado · amplaido · ampliaddo · ampliaod · amplidao · amplliado
  • ampliaronamlpiaron · ammpliaron · ampilaron · amplairon · ampliaorn · ampliarno · ampliaronn · ampliarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ampliado" and "ampliaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ãmˈpljað̞o] versus [ãmˈpljaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ampliado" vs "ampliaron" - which ranks higher?
"ampliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,757 in our Spanish list, against #46,917 for "ampliaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ampliado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ampliaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,629 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ampliado" and "ampliaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ampliamos vs ampliaron". 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 #54,629 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