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

#42,960
“diseñamos” frequency rank
#35,467
“diseñaron” frequency rank
78427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature diseñamos diseñaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de diseñar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de diseñar.

Where the eye mixes diseñamos and diseñaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. diseñamos and diseñaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
diseñamos
9 ch
diseñaron

Visual trap between diseñamos and diseñaron

A purely visual mix-up. diseñamos ([d̪iseˈɲamos]) and diseñaron ([d̪iseˈɲaɾõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

diseñamos is recorded at frequency rank #42,960, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iseˈɲamos]. diseñaron is at rank #35,467, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iseˈɲaɾõn].

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 78427, this pair ranks #14,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of diseñamos vs diseñaron

Shared letters: adeiosñ. Private to "diseñamos": m. Private to "diseñaron": nr.

"diseñamos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "diseñaron" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "diseñamos" for "diseñaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iseˈɲamos] versus [d̪iseˈɲaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "diseñamos" vs "diseñaron" - which ranks higher?
"diseñaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,467 in our Spanish list, against #42,960 for "diseñamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "diseñamos" and "diseñaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "diseñamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "diseñaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "diseñamos" and "diseñaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diseñan vs diseñaron". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #14,482 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