Which to use
“captan” and “captando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,093
- “captan” frequency rank
- #39,626
- “captando” frequency rank
- 68719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captan | captando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de captar. | Gerundio de captar. |
Where the eye mixes captan and captando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: captan vs captando
A purely visual mix-up. captan ([ˈkapt̪ãn]) and captando ([kapˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 extra letter(s) - “captan” sits inside “captando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captan is recorded at frequency rank #29,093, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkapt̪ãn]. captando is at rank #39,626, tagged as averb, pronounced [kapˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 68719, this pair ranks #33,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captan vs captando
Shared letters: acnpt. Private to "captan": -. Private to "captando": do.
"captan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "captando" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "captan" for "captando" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "captan" or "captando" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "captan" and "captando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "captan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captan" and "captando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captados vs captando". 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 #33,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.