Which to use
“descargada” is a participle and “descargan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,754
- “descargada” frequency rank
- #36,516
- “descargan” frequency rank
- 77270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | descargada | descargan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de descargado, participio de descargar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de descargar. |
Where the eye mixes descargada and descargan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. descargada runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against descargan's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: descargada vs descargan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: descargada is [d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞að̞a] while descargan is [d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
descargada is recorded at frequency rank #40,754, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞að̞a]. descargan is at rank #36,516, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞ãn].
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 77270, this pair ranks #16,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of descargada vs descargan
Shared letters: acdegrs. Private to "descargada": -. Private to "descargan": n.
"descargada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "descargan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- descargada ← ddescargada · decsargada · desacrgada · descagrada · descaragda · descargaad · descargadda · descargdaa
- descargan ← ddescargan · decsargan · desacrgan · descagran · descaragn · descargann · descarggan · descargna
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "descargada" and "descargan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "descargada" or "descargan" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "descargada" and "descargan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "descargada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "descargan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "descargada" and "descargan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarmada vs descargada". 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 #16,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.