Which to use
“aprobación” is a noun and “aprobaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,758
- “aprobación” frequency rank
- #14,511
- “aprobaron” frequency rank
- 17269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aprobación | aprobaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de aprobar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aprobar. |
Where the eye mixes aprobación and aprobaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aprobación runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against aprobaron's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses aprobación with aprobaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aprobación is [apɾoβ̞aˈsjõn] while aprobaron is [apɾoˈβ̞aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aprobación is recorded at frequency rank #2,758, classified as anoun, pronounced [apɾoβ̞aˈsjõn]. aprobaron is at rank #14,511, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾoˈβ̞aɾõn].
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 17269, this pair ranks #272,858 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aprobación vs aprobaron
Shared letters: abnopr. Private to "aprobación": ció. Private to "aprobaron": -.
"aprobación" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "aprobaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aprobaron ← aporbaron · approbaron · aprboaron · aproabron · aprobaorn · aprobarno · aprobaronn · aprobarron
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aprobación" and "aprobaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aprobación" or "aprobaron" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aprobación" and "aprobaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aprobación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aprobaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,858 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aprobación" and "aprobaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprobamos vs aprobaron". 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 #272,858 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.