Which to use
“desarrollan” and “desarrollen” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,414
- “desarrollan” frequency rank
- #22,653
- “desarrollen” frequency rank
- 30067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrollan | desarrollen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. |
Where the eye mixes desarrollan and desarrollen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desarrollan and desarrollen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses desarrollan with desarrollen
A purely visual mix-up. desarrollan ([d̪esaˈroʝãn]) and desarrollen ([d̪esaˈroʝẽn]) 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 - a in “desarrollan” becomes e in “desarrollen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30067, 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]. desarrollen is at rank #22,653, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝẽn].
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 30067, this pair ranks #213,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of desarrollan vs desarrollen
Shared letters: adelnors. Private to "desarrollan": -. Private to "desarrollen": -.
"desarrollan" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC · "desarrollen" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrollan ← ddesarrollan · deasrrollan · desarollan · desarorllan · desarrlolan · desarrolaln · desarrolan · desarrollann
- desarrollen ← ddesarrollen · deasrrollen · desarollen · desarorllen · desarrlolen · desarroleln · desarrolen · desarrollenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "desarrollan" and "desarrollen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "desarrollan" or "desarrollen"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "desarrollan" and "desarrollen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrollan" and "desarrollen" 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 #213,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.