arreglanvsarreglenTell them apart

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

#21,227
“arreglan” frequency rank
#25,904
“arreglen” frequency rank
47131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arreglan arreglen
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de arreglar o de arreglarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de arreglar o de arreglarse.

Where the eye mixes arreglan and arreglen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. arreglan and arreglen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
arreglan
8 ch
arreglen

Look-alike desk: arreglan vs arreglen

A purely visual mix-up. arreglan ([aˈreɣ̞lãn]) and arreglen ([aˈreɣ̞lẽn]) 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 “arreglan” becomes e in “arreglen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arreglan is recorded at frequency rank #21,227, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈreɣ̞lãn]. arreglen is at rank #25,904, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈreɣ̞lẽn].

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 47131, this pair ranks #121,746 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of arreglan vs arreglen

Shared letters: aeglnr. Private to "arreglan": -. Private to "arreglen": -.

"arreglan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "arreglen" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • arreglanareglan · arerglan · arregaln · arregglan · arreglann · arregllan · arreglna · arrelgan
  • arreglenareglen · arerglen · arregeln · arregglen · arreglenn · arregllen · arreglne · arrelgen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "arreglan" and "arreglen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈreɣ̞lãn] versus [aˈreɣ̞lẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "arreglan" or "arreglen"?
"arreglan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,227 in our Spanish list, against #25,904 for "arreglen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "arreglan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arreglen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,746 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arreglan" and "arreglen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arreglen vs arresten". 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 #121,746 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