Which to use
“desarrollado” and “desarrollan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,045
- “desarrollado” frequency rank
- #7,414
- “desarrollan” frequency rank
- 10459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrollado | desarrollan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. |
Where the eye mixes desarrollado and desarrollan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desarrollado runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCV) against desarrollan's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: desarrollado vs desarrollan
A purely visual mix-up. desarrollado ([d̪esaroˈʝað̞o]) and desarrollan ([d̪esaˈroʝãn]) 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 10459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarrollado is recorded at frequency rank #3,045, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝað̞o]. desarrollan is at rank #7,414, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝãn].
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 10459, this pair ranks #298,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrollado vs desarrollan
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrollado": -. Private to "desarrollan": n.
"desarrollado" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV · "desarrollan" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrollado ← ddesarrollado · deasrrollado · desarollado · desarorllado · desarrlolado · desarrolado · desarrolaldo · desarrolladdo
- desarrollan ← ddesarrollan · deasrrollan · desarollan · desarorllan · desarrlolan · desarrolaln · desarrolan · desarrollann
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desarrollado" for "desarrollan" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "desarrollado" and "desarrollan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrollado" and "desarrollan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrollan vs desarrollarán". 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 #298,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.