Which to use
“congelado” and “congelan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,643
- “congelado” frequency rank
- #47,671
- “congelan” frequency rank
- 65314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congelado | congelan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de congelar o de congelarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de congelar o de congelarse. |
Where the eye mixes congelado and congelan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. congelado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against congelan's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses congelado with congelan
A purely visual mix-up. congelado ([kõŋxeˈlað̞o]) and congelan ([kõŋˈxelãn]) 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 65314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congelado is recorded at frequency rank #17,643, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞o]. congelan is at rank #47,671, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈxelãn].
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 65314, this pair ranks #43,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of congelado vs congelan
Shared letters: aceglno. Private to "congelado": d. Private to "congelan": -.
"congelado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "congelan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "congelado" for "congelan" ever safe?
Frequency check: "congelado" vs "congelan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "congelado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congelan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congelado" and "congelan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concedan vs congelan". 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 #43,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.