escobasvsescojanTell them apart

Quick tell: escobas is a noun, escojan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“escobas” is a noun and “escojan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,073
“escobas” frequency rank
#46,530
“escojan” frequency rank
83603
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature escobas escojan
Definition Forma del plural de escoba. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de escoger.

Where the eye mixes escobas and escojan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. escobas and escojan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
escobas
7 ch
escojan

Look-alike desk: escobas vs escojan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escobas is [esˈkoβ̞as] while escojan is [esˈkoxãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

escobas is recorded at frequency rank #37,073, classified as anoun, pronounced [esˈkoβ̞as]. escojan is at rank #46,530, tagged as averb, pronounced [esˈkoxãn].

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 83603, this pair ranks #7,964 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of escobas vs escojan

Shared letters: aceos. Private to "escobas": b. Private to "escojan": jn.

"escobas" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "escojan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • escobasecsobas · escboas · esccobas · escoabs · escobass · escobbas · escobsa · escovas
  • escojanecsojan · esccojan · escjoan · escoajn · escojann · escojjan · escojna · esocjan

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "escobas" and "escojan" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "escobas" is a noun and "escojan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "escobas" vs "escojan" - which ranks higher?
"escobas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,073 in our Spanish list, against #46,530 for "escojan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "escobas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "escojan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,964 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "escobas" and "escojan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escojan vs escola". 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 #7,964 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