Which to use
“autorizado” and “autorizan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,256
- “autorizado” frequency rank
- #42,282
- “autorizan” frequency rank
- 49538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorizado | autorizan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de autorizar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de autorizar. |
Where the eye mixes autorizado and autorizan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. autorizado runs 10 letters (VVCVCVCVCV) against autorizan's 9 (VVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses autorizado with autorizan
A purely visual mix-up. autorizado ([awt̪oɾiˈsað̞o]) and autorizan ([awt̪oˈɾisãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autorizado is recorded at frequency rank #7,256, classified as averb, pronounced [awt̪oɾiˈsað̞o]. autorizan is at rank #42,282, tagged as averb, pronounced [awt̪oˈɾisãn].
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 49538, this pair ranks #108,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of autorizado vs autorizan
Shared letters: aiortuz. Private to "autorizado": d. Private to "autorizan": n.
"autorizado" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCV · "autorizan" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autorizado ← atuorizado · auotrizado · autoirzado · autoriazdo · autorizaddo · autorizaod · autorizdao · autorizzado
- autorizan ← atuorizan · auotrizan · autoirzan · autoriazn · autorizann · autorizna · autorizzan · autorrizan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "autorizado" for "autorizan" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "autorizado" or "autorizan" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "autorizado" and "autorizan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorizado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorizan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorizado" and "autorizan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorizan vs autorizando". 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 #108,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.