anulanvsanulandoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#41,188
“anulan” frequency rank
#49,419
“anulando” frequency rank
90607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes anulan and anulando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
anulan
8 ch
anulando

Visual trap between anulan and anulando

A purely visual mix-up. anulan ([aˈnulãn]) and anulando ([anuˈlãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “anulan” sits inside “anulando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anulan is recorded at frequency rank #41,188, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈnulãn]. anulando is at rank #49,419, tagged as averb, pronounced [anuˈlãn̪d̪o].

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 90607, this pair ranks #2,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of anulan vs anulando

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

"anulan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "anulando" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anulananluan · annulan · anualn · anulann · anullan · anulna · aunlan · naulan
  • anulandoanluando · annulando · anualndo · anuladno · anulanddo · anulanndo · anulanod · anullando

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "anulan" for "anulando" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈnulãn] versus [anuˈlãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "anulan" vs "anulando" - which ranks higher?
"anulan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,188 in our Spanish list, against #49,419 for "anulando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "anulan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anulando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anulan" and "anulando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anulados 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 #2,419 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