Which to use
“congelan” and “congelar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,671
- “congelan” frequency rank
- #21,271
- “congelar” frequency rank
- 68942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congelan | congelar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de congelar o de congelarse. | Solidificar un líquido por acción del frío. |
Where the eye mixes congelan and congelar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. congelan and congelar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses congelan with congelar
A purely visual mix-up. congelan ([kõŋˈxelãn]) and congelar ([kõŋxeˈlaɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “congelan” becomes r in “congelar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congelan is recorded at frequency rank #47,671, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈxelãn]. congelar is at rank #21,271, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlaɾ].
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 68942, this pair ranks #33,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of congelan vs congelar
Shared letters: aceglno. Private to "congelan": -. Private to "congelar": r.
"congelan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "congelar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "congelan" and "congelar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "congelan" or "congelar" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "congelan" and "congelar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "congelan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congelar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congelan" and "congelar" 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 #33,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.