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

#21,905
“asesinan” frequency rank
#13,842
“asesinaron” frequency rank
35747
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature asesinan asesinaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de asesinar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de asesinar.

Where the eye mixes asesinan and asesinaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
asesinan
10 ch
asesinaron

Why the eye confuses asesinan with asesinaron

A purely visual mix-up. asesinan ([aseˈsinãn]) and asesinaron ([asesiˈnaɾõn]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asesinan is recorded at frequency rank #21,905, classified as averb, pronounced [aseˈsinãn]. asesinaron is at rank #13,842, tagged as averb, pronounced [asesiˈnaɾõn].

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 35747, this pair ranks #184,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of asesinan vs asesinaron

Shared letters: aeins. Private to "asesinan": -. Private to "asesinaron": or.

"asesinan" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "asesinaron" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • asesinanacecinan · aessinan · aseisnan · asesiann · asesinann · asesinnan · asesnian · asessinan
  • asesinaronacecinaron · aessinaron · aseisnaron · asesianron · asesinaorn · asesinarno · asesinaronn · asesinarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "asesinan" for "asesinaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aseˈsinãn] versus [asesiˈnaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "asesinan" vs "asesinaron" - which ranks higher?
"asesinaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,842 in our Spanish list, against #21,905 for "asesinan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "asesinan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "asesinaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #184,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "asesinan" and "asesinaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asesinan vs avecinan". 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 #184,393 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