Which to use
“echaban” and “echará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,478
- “echaban” frequency rank
- #36,544
- “echará” frequency rank
- 72022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | echaban | echará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de echar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de echar o de echarse. |
Where the eye mixes echaban and echará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between echaban and echará
A purely visual mix-up. echaban ([eˈt͡ʃaβ̞ãn]) and echará ([et͡ʃaˈɾa]) 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 72022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
echaban is recorded at frequency rank #35,478, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈt͡ʃaβ̞ãn]. echará is at rank #36,544, tagged as averb, pronounced [et͡ʃaˈɾa].
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 72022, this pair ranks #26,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of echaban vs echará
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "echaban": bn. Private to "echará": rá.
"echaban" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "echará" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- echaban ← cehaban · ecahban · ecchaban · echaabn · echabann · echabban · echabna · echavan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "echaban" for "echará" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "echaban" and "echará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "echaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "echará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "echaban" and "echará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echará vs echarán". 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 #26,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.