Which to use
“castigado” and “castigan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,372
- “castigado” frequency rank
- #30,800
- “castigan” frequency rank
- 42172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | castigado | castigan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de castigar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de castigar o de castigarse. |
Where the eye mixes castigado and castigan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. castigado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against castigan's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: castigado vs castigan
A purely visual mix-up. castigado ([kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞o]) and castigan ([kasˈt̪iɣ̞ãn]) 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 42172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
castigado is recorded at frequency rank #11,372, classified as averb, pronounced [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞o]. castigan is at rank #30,800, tagged as averb, pronounced [kasˈt̪iɣ̞ãn].
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 42172, this pair ranks #149,717 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of castigado vs castigan
Shared letters: acgist. Private to "castigado": do. Private to "castigan": n.
"castigado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "castigan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "castigado" and "castigan" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "castigado" vs "castigan" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "castigado" and "castigan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "castigado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "castigan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,717 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "castigado" and "castigan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "castigan vs castigará". 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 #149,717 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.