Which to use
“aumentan” is a verb and “aumentos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,982
- “aumentan” frequency rank
- #9,073
- “aumentos” frequency rank
- 16055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aumentan | aumentos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aumentar. | Forma del plural de aumento. |
Where the eye mixes aumentan and aumentos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. aumentan and aumentos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: aumentan vs aumentos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aumentan is [awˈmẽn̪t̪ãn] while aumentos is [awˈmẽn̪t̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aumentan is recorded at frequency rank #6,982, classified as averb, pronounced [awˈmẽn̪t̪ãn]. aumentos is at rank #9,073, tagged as anoun, pronounced [awˈmẽn̪t̪os].
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 16055, this pair ranks #277,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aumentan vs aumentos
Shared letters: aemntu. Private to "aumentan": -. Private to "aumentos": os.
"aumentan" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVC · "aumentos" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aumentan" and "aumentos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aumentan" or "aumentos" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "aumentan" and "aumentos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aumentan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aumentos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aumentan" and "aumentos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aumentamos vs aumentos". 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 #277,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.