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“echan” and “echen” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,806
- “echan” frequency rank
- #14,346
- “echen” frequency rank
- 24152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | echan | echen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de echar o de echarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de echar o de echarse. |
Where the eye mixes echan and echen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: echan vs echen
A purely visual mix-up. echan ([ˈet͡ʃãn]) and echen ([ˈet͡ʃẽn]) 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 - a in “echan” becomes e in “echen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
echan is recorded at frequency rank #9,806, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈet͡ʃãn]. echen is at rank #14,346, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈet͡ʃẽn].
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 24152, this pair ranks #242,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of echan vs echen
Shared letters: cehn. Private to "echan": a. Private to "echen": -.
"echan" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "echen" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "echan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "echen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "echan" and "echen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echan 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 #242,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.