Which to use
“cerraban” and “cerrará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,934
- “cerraban” frequency rank
- #23,711
- “cerrará” frequency rank
- 58645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cerraban | cerrará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse. |
Where the eye mixes cerraban and cerrará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cerraban runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against cerrará's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cerraban and cerrará
A purely visual mix-up. cerraban ([seˈraβ̞ãn]) and cerrará ([seraˈɾa]) 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 58645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cerraban is recorded at frequency rank #34,934, classified as averb, pronounced [seˈraβ̞ãn]. cerrará is at rank #23,711, tagged as averb, pronounced [seraˈɾa].
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 58645, this pair ranks #65,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cerraban vs cerrará
Shared letters: acer. Private to "cerraban": bn. Private to "cerrará": á.
"cerraban" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "cerrará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cerraban ← ccerraban · ceraban · cerarban · cerraabn · cerrabann · cerrabban · cerrabna · cerravan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cerraban" for "cerrará" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cerraban" or "cerrará" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cerraban" and "cerrará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cerraban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cerrará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cerraban" and "cerrará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerraban vs creaban". 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 #65,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.