disparanvsdispararWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#15,595
“disparan” frequency rank
#6,900
“disparar” frequency rank
22495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disparan disparar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disparar o de dispararse. Hacer que una máquina o arma despida su carga.

Where the eye mixes disparan and disparar

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

8 ch
disparan
8 ch
disparar

Look-alike desk: disparan vs disparar

A purely visual mix-up. disparan ([d̪isˈpaɾãn]) and disparar ([d̪ispaˈɾaɾ]) 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 “disparan” becomes r in “disparar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disparan is recorded at frequency rank #15,595, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈpaɾãn]. disparar is at rank #6,900, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪ispaˈɾaɾ].

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 22495, this pair ranks #250,078 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of disparan vs disparar

Shared letters: adiprs. Private to "disparan": n. Private to "disparar": -.

"disparan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "disparar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disparan ← ddisparan · dipsaran · disapran · dispaarn · disparann · disparna · disparran · dispparan
  • disparar ← ddisparar · dipsarar · disaprar · dispaarr · dispararr · disparra · disparrar · dispparar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disparan" for "disparar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpaɾãn] versus [d̪ispaˈɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "disparan" or "disparar"?
"disparar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,900 in our Spanish list, against #15,595 for "disparan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "disparan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disparar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,078 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disparan" and "disparar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disparan vs disputarán". 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 #250,078 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