evalúanvsevaluarConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,753
“evalúan” frequency rank
#5,726
“evaluar” frequency rank
34479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evalúan evaluar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de evaluar. Examinar algo y establecer, determinar, estimar o señalar su valor, rendimiento, tamaño, impacto, progreso, importancia, méritos, etc.

Where the eye mixes evalúan and evaluar

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

7 ch
evalúan
7 ch
evaluar

Visual trap between evalúan and evaluar

A purely visual mix-up. evalúan ([eβ̞aˈluãn]) and evaluar ([eβ̞aˈlwaɾ]) 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 34479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evalúan is recorded at frequency rank #28,753, classified as averb, pronounced [eβ̞aˈluãn]. evaluar is at rank #5,726, tagged as averb, pronounced [eβ̞aˈlwaɾ].

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 34479, this pair ranks #191,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of evalúan vs evaluar

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "evalúan": . Private to "evaluar": ru.

"evalúan" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "evaluar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evaluareavluar · ebaluar · evalaur · evalluar · evaluarr · evalura · evaular · evlauar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "evalúan" and "evaluar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eβ̞aˈluãn] versus [eβ̞aˈlwaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "evalúan" vs "evaluar" - which ranks higher?
"evaluar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,726 in our Spanish list, against #28,753 for "evalúan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "evalúan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evaluar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #191,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evalúan" and "evaluar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evaluada vs evalúan". 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 #191,213 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