avanzamosvsavanzaronWhat's the difference?

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

#24,746
“avanzamos” frequency rank
#34,452
“avanzaron” frequency rank
59198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avanzamos avanzaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de avanzar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de avanzar.

Where the eye mixes avanzamos and avanzaron

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

9 ch
avanzamos
9 ch
avanzaron

Why the eye confuses avanzamos with avanzaron

A purely visual mix-up. avanzamos ([aβ̞ãnˈsamos]) and avanzaron ([aβ̞ãnˈsaɾõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avanzamos is recorded at frequency rank #24,746, classified as averb, pronounced [aβ̞ãnˈsamos]. avanzaron is at rank #34,452, tagged as averb, pronounced [aβ̞ãnˈsaɾõn].

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 59198, this pair ranks #63,529 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of avanzamos vs avanzaron

Shared letters: anovz. Private to "avanzamos": ms. Private to "avanzaron": r.

"avanzamos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "avanzaron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avanzamos ← aavnzamos · abanzamos · avanazmos · avannzamos · avanzammos · avanzamoss · avanzamso · avanzaoms
  • avanzaron ← aavnzaron · abanzaron · avanazron · avannzaron · avanzaorn · avanzarno · avanzaronn · avanzarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "avanzamos" and "avanzaron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞ãnˈsamos] versus [aβ̞ãnˈsaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "avanzamos" or "avanzaron" show up more?
"avanzamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,746 in our Spanish list, against #34,452 for "avanzaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "avanzamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avanzaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,529 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avanzamos" and "avanzaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avanzaban vs avanzaron". 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 #63,529 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