Which to use
“colgaban” is a verb and “colgada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,296
- “colgaban” frequency rank
- #18,480
- “colgada” frequency rank
- 66776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colgaban | colgada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de colgar. | Forma del femenino de colgado, participio de colgar o de colgarse. |
Where the eye mixes colgaban and colgada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. colgaban runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against colgada's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between colgaban and colgada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: colgaban is [kolˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn] while colgada is [kolˈɣ̞að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colgaban is recorded at frequency rank #48,296, classified as averb, pronounced [kolˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]. colgada is at rank #18,480, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kolˈɣ̞að̞a].
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 66776, this pair ranks #38,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of colgaban vs colgada
Shared letters: acglo. Private to "colgaban": bn. Private to "colgada": d.
"colgaban" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "colgada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "colgaban" and "colgada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "colgaban" or "colgada"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "colgaban" and "colgada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "colgaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colgada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colgaban" and "colgada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colgaban vs cortaban". 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 #38,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.