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

#30,081
“fijamos” frequency rank
#33,127
“fijaron” frequency rank
63208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fijamos fijaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de fijar o de fijarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fijar o de fijarse.

Where the eye mixes fijamos and fijaron

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

7 ch
fijamos
7 ch
fijaron

Look-alike desk: fijamos vs fijaron

A purely visual mix-up. fijamos ([fiˈxamos]) and fijaron ([fiˈxaɾõn]) 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 63208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fijamos is recorded at frequency rank #30,081, classified as averb, pronounced [fiˈxamos]. fijaron is at rank #33,127, tagged as averb, pronounced [fiˈxaɾõn].

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 63208, this pair ranks #49,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fijamos vs fijaron

Shared letters: afijo. Private to "fijamos": ms. Private to "fijaron": nr.

"fijamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "fijaron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fijamos ← ffijamos · fiajmos · fijammos · fijamoss · fijamso · fijaoms · fijjamos · fijmaos
  • fijaron ← ffijaron · fiajron · fijaorn · fijarno · fijaronn · fijarron · fijjaron · fijraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fijamos" and "fijaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fiˈxamos] versus [fiˈxaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fijamos" vs "fijaron" - which ranks higher?
"fijamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,081 in our Spanish list, against #33,127 for "fijaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fijamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fijaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fijamos" and "fijaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fijará vs fijaron". 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 #49,467 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