Which to use
“extrañan” is a verb and “extraños” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,041
- “extrañan” frequency rank
- #5,512
- “extraños” frequency rank
- 41553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extrañan | extraños |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de extrañar o de extrañarse. | Forma del plural de extraño. |
Where the eye mixes extrañan and extraños
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. extrañan and extraños follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between extrañan and extraños
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: extrañan is [eksˈt̪ɾaɲãn] while extraños is [eksˈt̪ɾaɲos]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extrañan is recorded at frequency rank #36,041, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈt̪ɾaɲãn]. extraños is at rank #5,512, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eksˈt̪ɾaɲos].
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 41553, this pair ranks #153,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extrañan vs extraños
Shared letters: aertxñ. Private to "extrañan": n. Private to "extraños": os.
"extrañan" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC · "extraños" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extrañan" and "extraños" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "extrañan" or "extraños" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "extrañan" and "extraños" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "extrañan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extraños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extrañan" and "extraños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "estrenan vs extrañan". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #153,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.