Which to use
“disfrazada” is a participle and “disfrazan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,331
- “disfrazada” frequency rank
- #43,526
- “disfrazan” frequency rank
- 65857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disfrazada | disfrazan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de disfrazado, participio de disfrazar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disfrazar. |
Where the eye mixes disfrazada and disfrazan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfrazada runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against disfrazan's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: disfrazada vs disfrazan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: disfrazada is [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞a] while disfrazan is [d̪isˈfɾasãn]. 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 65857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disfrazada is recorded at frequency rank #22,331, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞a]. disfrazan is at rank #43,526, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈfɾasãn].
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 65857, this pair ranks #41,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of disfrazada vs disfrazan
Shared letters: adfirsz. Private to "disfrazada": -. Private to "disfrazan": n.
"disfrazada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "disfrazan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disfrazada ← ddisfrazada · difsrazada · disfarzada · disffrazada · disfraazda · disfrazaad · disfrazadda · disfrazdaa
- disfrazan ← ddisfrazan · difsrazan · disfarzan · disffrazan · disfraazn · disfrazann · disfrazna · disfrazzan
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "disfrazada" and "disfrazan" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "disfrazada" vs "disfrazan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "disfrazada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disfrazan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disfrazada" and "disfrazan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfraza vs disfrazan". 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 #41,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.