examinadosvsexaminaronConfusable pair

Quick tell: examinados is a participle, examinaron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“examinados” is a participle and “examinaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,228
“examinados” frequency rank
#48,392
“examinaron” frequency rank
87620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature examinados examinaron
Definition Forma del plural de examinado, participio de examinar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de examinar.

Where the eye mixes examinados and examinaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. examinados and examinaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
examinados
10 ch
examinaron

Visual trap between examinados and examinaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: examinados is [eksamiˈnað̞os] while examinaron is [eksamiˈnaɾõn]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

examinados is recorded at frequency rank #39,228, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eksamiˈnað̞os]. examinaron is at rank #48,392, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksamiˈnaɾõn].

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 87620, this pair ranks #4,349 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of examinados vs examinaron

Shared letters: aeimnox. Private to "examinados": ds. Private to "examinaron": r.

"examinados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC  ·  "examinaron" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • examinadoseaxminados · exaimnados · examiandos · examinaddos · examinadoss · examinadso · examinaods · examindaos
  • examinaroneaxminaron · exaimnaron · examianron · examinaorn · examinarno · examinaronn · examinarron · examinnaron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "examinados" and "examinaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "examinados" is a participle and "examinaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "examinados" vs "examinaron" - which ranks higher?
"examinados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,228 in our Spanish list, against #48,392 for "examinaron". 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 "examinados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "examinaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,349 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "examinados" and "examinaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examinador vs examinaron". 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 #4,349 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