Which to use
“consultan” and “consultando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,069
- “consultan” frequency rank
- #31,282
- “consultando” frequency rank
- 75351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consultan | consultando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de consultar. | Gerundio de consultar. |
Where the eye mixes consultan and consultando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between consultan and consultando
A purely visual mix-up. consultan ([kõnˈsul̪t̪ãn]) and consultando ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “consultan” sits inside “consultando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consultan is recorded at frequency rank #44,069, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnˈsul̪t̪ãn]. consultando is at rank #31,282, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 75351, this pair ranks #19,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of consultan vs consultando
Shared letters: aclnostu. Private to "consultan": -. Private to "consultando": d.
"consultan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "consultando" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- consultan ← cconsultan · cnosultan · connsultan · conslutan · conssultan · consulatn · consulltan · consultann
- consultando ← cconsultando · cnosultando · connsultando · conslutando · conssultando · consulatndo · consulltando · consultadno
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "consultan" for "consultando" ever safe?
Which is more common, "consultan" or "consultando"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "consultan" and "consultando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "consultan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consultando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consultan" and "consultando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultan vs consulté". 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 #19,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.