Which to use
“detengan” and “detengas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,109
- “detengan” frequency rank
- #48,354
- “detengas” frequency rank
- 65463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | detengan | detengas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de detener o de detenerse. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de detener. |
Where the eye mixes detengan and detengas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. detengan and detengas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between detengan and detengas
A purely visual mix-up. detengan ([d̪eˈt̪ẽŋgãn]) and detengas ([d̪eˈt̪ẽŋgas]) 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 “detengan” becomes s in “detengas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
detengan is recorded at frequency rank #17,109, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈt̪ẽŋgãn]. detengas is at rank #48,354, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈt̪ẽŋgas].
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 65463, this pair ranks #42,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of detengan vs detengas
Shared letters: adegnt. Private to "detengan": -. Private to "detengas": s.
"detengan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "detengas" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "detengan" and "detengas" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "detengan" or "detengas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "detengan" and "detengas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "detengan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "detengas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "detengan" and "detengas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "detengas vs detenía". 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 #42,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.