Which to use
“desarrollan” and “desarrollar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,414
- “desarrollan” frequency rank
- #2,288
- “desarrollar” frequency rank
- 9702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrollan | desarrollar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Desplegar, estirar lo que estaba arrollado. |
Where the eye mixes desarrollan and desarrollar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desarrollan and desarrollar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between desarrollan and desarrollar
A purely visual mix-up. desarrollan ([d̪esaˈroʝãn]) and desarrollar ([d̪esaroˈʝaɾ]) 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 “desarrollan” becomes r in “desarrollar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarrollan is recorded at frequency rank #7,414, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝãn]. desarrollar is at rank #2,288, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝaɾ].
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 9702, this pair ranks #301,092 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrollan vs desarrollar
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrollan": n. Private to "desarrollar": -.
"desarrollan" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC · "desarrollar" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrollan ← ddesarrollan · deasrrollan · desarollan · desarorllan · desarrlolan · desarrolaln · desarrolan · desarrollann
- desarrollar ← ddesarrollar · deasrrollar · desarollar · desarorllar · desarrlolar · desarrolalr · desarrolar · desarrollarr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "desarrollan" and "desarrollar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "desarrollan" or "desarrollar"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,092 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrollan" and "desarrollar" 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 #301,092 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.