fijanvsfijaráTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,106
“fijan” frequency rank
#47,805
“fijará” frequency rank
63911
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fijan fijará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fijar o de fijarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de fijar o de fijarse.

Where the eye mixes fijan and fijará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fijan runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against fijará's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
fijan
6 ch
fijará

Visual trap between fijan and fijará

A purely visual mix-up. fijan ([ˈfixãn]) and fijará ([fixaˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fijan is recorded at frequency rank #16,106, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfixãn]. fijará is at rank #47,805, tagged as averb, pronounced [fixaˈɾa].

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 63911, this pair ranks #47,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fijan vs fijará

Shared letters: afij. Private to "fijan": n. Private to "fijará": rá.

"fijan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "fijará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fijan ← ffijan · fiajn · fijann · fijjan · fijna · fjian · ifjan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fijan" for "fijará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfixãn] versus [fixaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fijan" vs "fijará" - which ranks higher?
"fijan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,106 in our Spanish list, against #47,805 for "fijará". 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 "fijan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fijará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fijan" and "fijará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fijaba vs fijará". 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 #47,188 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