Which to use
“cuestionan” and “cuestionar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,012
- “cuestionan” frequency rank
- #10,476
- “cuestionar” frequency rank
- 33488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuestionan | cuestionar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cuestionar. | Poner en duda algo, especialmente una idea, una creencia o la declaración de alguien. |
Where the eye mixes cuestionan and cuestionar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. cuestionan and cuestionar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cuestionan vs cuestionar
A purely visual mix-up. cuestionan ([kwesˈt̪jonãn]) and cuestionar ([kwest̪joˈnaɾ]) 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 “cuestionan” becomes r in “cuestionar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuestionan is recorded at frequency rank #23,012, classified as averb, pronounced [kwesˈt̪jonãn]. cuestionar is at rank #10,476, tagged as averb, pronounced [kwest̪joˈnaɾ].
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 33488, this pair ranks #196,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cuestionan vs cuestionar
Shared letters: aceinostu. Private to "cuestionan": -. Private to "cuestionar": r.
"cuestionan" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC · "cuestionar" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuestionan ← ccuestionan · ceustionan · cuesitonan · cuesstionan · cuestinoan · cuestioann · cuestionann · cuestionnan
- cuestionar ← ccuestionar · ceustionar · cuesitonar · cuesstionar · cuestinoar · cuestioanr · cuestionarr · cuestionnar
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "cuestionan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuestionar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuestionan" and "cuestionar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuestionan vs cuestionaron". 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 #196,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.