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Which to use

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

#35,478
“echaban” frequency rank
#10,494
“echaron” frequency rank
45972
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature echaban echaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de echar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de echar o de echarse.

Where the eye mixes echaban and echaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
echaban
7 ch
echaron

Look-alike desk: echaban vs echaron

A purely visual mix-up. echaban ([eˈt͡ʃaβ̞ãn]) and echaron ([eˈt͡ʃaɾõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45972, 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]. echaron is at rank #10,494, tagged as averb, pronounced [eˈt͡ʃaɾõn].

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 45972, this pair ranks #128,420 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of echaban vs echaron

Shared letters: acehn. Private to "echaban": b. Private to "echaron": or.

"echaban" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "echaron" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • echabancehaban · ecahban · ecchaban · echaabn · echabann · echabban · echabna · echavan
  • echaronceharon · ecahron · eccharon · echaorn · echarno · echaronn · echarron · echharon

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "echaban" and "echaron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eˈt͡ʃaβ̞ãn] versus [eˈt͡ʃaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "echaban" vs "echaron" - which ranks higher?
"echaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,494 in our Spanish list, against #35,478 for "echaban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "echaban" and "echaron" 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 "echaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #128,420 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "echaban" and "echaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echaban 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 #128,420 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