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Which to use

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

#17,060
“caerá” frequency rank
#41,778
“cayeran” frequency rank
58838
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caerá cayeran
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de caer o de caerse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de caer o de caerse.

Where the eye mixes caerá and cayeran

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
caerá
7 ch
cayeran

Look-alike desk: caerá vs cayeran

A purely visual mix-up. caerá ([kaeˈɾa]) and cayeran ([kaˈʝeɾãn]) 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 58838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caerá is recorded at frequency rank #17,060, classified as averb, pronounced [kaeˈɾa]. cayeran is at rank #41,778, tagged as averb, pronounced [kaˈʝeɾãn].

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 58838, this pair ranks #64,957 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of caerá vs cayeran

Shared letters: acer. Private to "caerá": á. Private to "cayeran": ny.

"caerá" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "cayeran" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cayeranacyeran · caeyran · cayearn · cayerann · cayerna · cayerran · cayrean · cayyeran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "caerá" for "cayeran" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaeˈɾa] versus [kaˈʝeɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "caerá" vs "cayeran" - which ranks higher?
"caerá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,060 in our Spanish list, against #41,778 for "cayeran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "caerá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cayeran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,957 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caerá" and "cayeran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caerían vs cayeran". 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 #64,957 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