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“disfrazado” and “disfrazan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,677
- “disfrazado” frequency rank
- #43,526
- “disfrazan” frequency rank
- 57203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disfrazado | disfrazan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de disfrazar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disfrazar. |
Where the eye mixes disfrazado and disfrazan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfrazado 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: disfrazado vs disfrazan
A purely visual mix-up. disfrazado ([d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]) and disfrazan ([d̪isˈfɾasãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disfrazado is recorded at frequency rank #13,677, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]. 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 57203, this pair ranks #71,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of disfrazado vs disfrazan
Shared letters: adfirsz. Private to "disfrazado": o. Private to "disfrazan": n.
"disfrazado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "disfrazan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disfrazado ← ddisfrazado · difsrazado · disfarzado · disffrazado · disfraazdo · disfrazaddo · disfrazaod · disfrazdao
- disfrazan ← ddisfrazan · difsrazan · disfarzan · disffrazan · disfraazn · disfrazann · disfrazna · disfrazzan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disfrazado" for "disfrazan" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "disfrazado" 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 #71,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disfrazado" 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 #71,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.