aprendanvsaprendíTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,348
“aprendan” frequency rank
#4,676
“aprendí” frequency rank
16024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aprendan aprendí
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de aprender o de aprenderse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aprender o de aprenderse.

Where the eye mixes aprendan and aprendí

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

8 ch
aprendan
7 ch
aprendí

Visual trap between aprendan and aprendí

A purely visual mix-up. aprendan ([aˈpɾẽn̪d̪ãn]) and aprendí ([apɾẽn̪ˈd̪i]) 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 16024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aprendan is recorded at frequency rank #11,348, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈpɾẽn̪d̪ãn]. aprendí is at rank #4,676, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪i].

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 16024, this pair ranks #277,824 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aprendan vs aprendí

Shared letters: adenpr. Private to "aprendan": -. Private to "aprendí": í.

"aprendan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "aprendí" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aprendanaperndan · apprendan · aprednan · aprenadn · aprendann · aprenddan · aprendna · aprenndan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aprendan" for "aprendí" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈpɾẽn̪d̪ãn] versus [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪i]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aprendan" vs "aprendí" - which ranks higher?
"aprendí" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,676 in our Spanish list, against #11,348 for "aprendan". 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 "aprendan" and "aprendí" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendí" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #277,824 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aprendan" and "aprendí" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprendan vs aprendía". 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 #277,824 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