considerabanvsconsideradasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: consideraban is a verb, consideradas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“consideraban” is a verb and “consideradas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,002
“consideraban” frequency rank
#8,635
“consideradas” frequency rank
21637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature consideraban consideradas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de considerar. Forma del femenino plural de considerado, participio de considerar.

Where the eye mixes consideraban and consideradas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

12 ch
consideraban
12 ch
consideradas

Look-alike desk: consideraban vs consideradas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: consideraban is [kõnsið̞eˈɾaβ̞ãn] while consideradas is [kõnsið̞eˈɾað̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

consideraban is recorded at frequency rank #13,002, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnsið̞eˈɾaβ̞ãn]. consideradas is at rank #8,635, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsið̞eˈɾað̞as].

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 21637, this pair ranks #254,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of consideraban vs consideradas

Shared letters: acdeinors. Private to "consideraban": b. Private to "consideradas": -.

"consideraban" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "consideradas" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • considerabancconsideraban · cnosideraban · concideraban · conisderaban · connsideraban · consdieraban · considderaban · considearban
  • consideradascconsideradas · cnosideradas · concideradas · conisderadas · connsideradas · consdieradas · considderadas · consideardas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "consideraban" and "consideradas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "consideraban" is a verb and "consideradas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "consideraban" or "consideradas"?
"consideradas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,635 in our Spanish list, against #13,002 for "consideraban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "consideraban" and "consideradas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "consideraban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "consideradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #254,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "consideraban" and "consideradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consideraban vs considerarán". 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 #254,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list