Which to use
“gastado” and “gastan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,461
- “gastado” frequency rank
- #13,919
- “gastan” frequency rank
- 23380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gastado | gastan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de gastar o de gastarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de gastar o de gastarse. |
Where the eye mixes gastado and gastan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between gastado and gastan
A purely visual mix-up. gastado ([gasˈt̪að̞o]) and gastan ([ˈgast̪ãn]) 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 23380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gastado is recorded at frequency rank #9,461, classified as averb, pronounced [gasˈt̪að̞o]. gastan is at rank #13,919, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgast̪ãn].
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 23380, this pair ranks #246,062 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gastado vs gastan
Shared letters: agst. Private to "gastado": do. Private to "gastan": n.
"gastado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "gastan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gastado" and "gastan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gastado" vs "gastan" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "gastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gastan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,062 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gastado" and "gastan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gastan vs gestar". 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 #246,062 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.