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

#20,260
“anulado” frequency rank
#41,188
“anulan” frequency rank
61448
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anulado anulan
Definition Participio de anular o de anularse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de anular o de anularse.

Where the eye mixes anulado and anulan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. anulado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against anulan's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
anulado
6 ch
anulan

Look-alike desk: anulado vs anulan

A purely visual mix-up. anulado ([anuˈlað̞o]) and anulan ([aˈnulãn]) 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 61448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anulado is recorded at frequency rank #20,260, classified as averb, pronounced [anuˈlað̞o]. anulan is at rank #41,188, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈnulãn].

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 61448, this pair ranks #55,436 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of anulado vs anulan

Shared letters: alnu. Private to "anulado": do. Private to "anulan": -.

"anulado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "anulan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anulado ← anluado · annulado · anualdo · anuladdo · anulaod · anuldao · anullado · aunlado
  • anulan ← anluan · annulan · anualn · anulann · anullan · anulna · aunlan · naulan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "anulado" and "anulan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([anuˈlað̞o] versus [aˈnulãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "anulado" or "anulan"?
"anulado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,260 in our Spanish list, against #41,188 for "anulan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anulado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anulan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,436 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anulado" and "anulan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anulan vs anulando". 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 #55,436 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