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“dibujan” and “dibujar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,079
“dibujan” frequency rank
#8,371
“dibujar” frequency rank
41450
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dibujan dibujar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dibujar. Hacer un dibujo.

Where the eye mixes dibujan and dibujar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
dibujan
7 ch
dibujar

Look-alike desk: dibujan vs dibujar

A purely visual mix-up. dibujan ([d̪iˈβ̞uxãn]) and dibujar ([d̪iβ̞uˈxaɾ]) 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 “dibujan” becomes r in “dibujar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dibujan is recorded at frequency rank #33,079, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞uxãn]. dibujar is at rank #8,371, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞uˈxaɾ].

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 41450, this pair ranks #153,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dibujan vs dibujar

Shared letters: abdiju. Private to "dibujan": n. Private to "dibujar": r.

"dibujan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dibujar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dibujandbiujan · ddibujan · dibbujan · dibjuan · dibuajn · dibujann · dibujjan · dibujna
  • dibujardbiujar · ddibujar · dibbujar · dibjuar · dibuajr · dibujarr · dibujjar · dibujra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dibujan" and "dibujar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈβ̞uxãn] versus [d̪iβ̞uˈxaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dibujan" vs "dibujar" - which ranks higher?
"dibujar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,371 in our Spanish list, against #33,079 for "dibujan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dibujan" and "dibujar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dibujaba vs dibujan". 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 #153,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list