Which to use
“doblan” and “doblar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,176
- “doblan” frequency rank
- #14,343
- “doblar” frequency rank
- 53519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doblan | doblar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de doblar o de doblarse. | Hacer que algo sea dos veces lo que era. :*Sinónimo: duplicar |
Where the eye mixes doblan and doblar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. doblan and doblar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between doblan and doblar
A purely visual mix-up. doblan ([ˈd̪oβ̞lãn]) and doblar ([d̪oˈβ̞laɾ]) 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 “doblan” becomes r in “doblar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doblan is recorded at frequency rank #39,176, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪oβ̞lãn]. doblar is at rank #14,343, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪oˈβ̞laɾ].
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 53519, this pair ranks #87,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doblan vs doblar
Shared letters: abdlo. Private to "doblan": n. Private to "doblar": r.
"doblan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "doblar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doblan" for "doblar" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "doblan" and "doblar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "doblan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doblar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doblan" and "doblar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doblan vs donan". 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 #87,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.