Which to use
“aprueban” and “aprueben” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,840
- “aprueban” frequency rank
- #26,310
- “aprueben” frequency rank
- 40150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aprueban | aprueben |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aprobar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de aprobar. |
Where the eye mixes aprueban and aprueben
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aprueban and aprueben follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: aprueban vs aprueben
A purely visual mix-up. aprueban ([aˈpɾweβ̞ãn]) and aprueben ([aˈpɾweβ̞ẽn]) 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 a single letter - a in “aprueban” becomes e in “aprueben”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aprueban is recorded at frequency rank #13,840, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈpɾweβ̞ãn]. aprueben is at rank #26,310, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈpɾweβ̞ẽn].
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 40150, this pair ranks #160,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aprueban vs aprueben
Shared letters: abenpru. Private to "aprueban": -. Private to "aprueben": -.
"aprueban" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC · "aprueben" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aprueban" and "aprueben" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aprueban" or "aprueben" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aprueban" and "aprueben" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aprueban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aprueben" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aprueban" and "aprueben" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprietan vs aprueban". 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 #160,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.