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“besado” and “besan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,357
- “besado” frequency rank
- #31,230
- “besan” frequency rank
- 61587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besado | besan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de besar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de besar. |
Where the eye mixes besado and besan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: besado vs besan
A purely visual mix-up. besado ([beˈsað̞o]) and besan ([ˈbesãn]) 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 61587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besado is recorded at frequency rank #30,357, classified as averb, pronounced [beˈsað̞o]. besan is at rank #31,230, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbesãn].
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 61587, this pair ranks #54,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of besado vs besan
Shared letters: abes. Private to "besado": do. Private to "besan": n.
"besado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "besan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "besado" and "besan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "besado" or "besan" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "besado" and "besan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "besado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "besan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besado" and "besan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bacán vs besan". 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 #54,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.