Which to use
“funcionado” and “funcionan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,783
- “funcionado” frequency rank
- #4,605
- “funcionan” frequency rank
- 16388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | funcionado | funcionan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de funcionar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de funcionar. |
Where the eye mixes funcionado and funcionan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: funcionado vs funcionan
A purely visual mix-up. funcionado ([fũnsjoˈnað̞o]) and funcionan ([fũnˈsjonãn]) 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 16388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
funcionado is recorded at frequency rank #11,783, classified as averb, pronounced [fũnsjoˈnað̞o]. funcionan is at rank #4,605, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũnˈsjonãn].
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 16388, this pair ranks #276,373 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of funcionado vs funcionan
Shared letters: acfinou. Private to "funcionado": d. Private to "funcionan": -.
"funcionado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV · "funcionan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- funcionado ← ffuncionado · fnucionado · fucnionado · funccionado · funcinoado · funcioando · funcionaddo · funcionaod
- funcionan ← ffuncionan · fnucionan · fucnionan · funccionan · funcinoan · funcioann · funcionann · funcionnan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "funcionado" and "funcionan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "funcionado" or "funcionan" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,373 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "funcionado" and "funcionan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "funcionan vs fusionan". 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 #276,373 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.