Which to use
“guardaban” and “guardan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,120
- “guardaban” frequency rank
- #11,591
- “guardan” frequency rank
- 48711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guardaban | guardan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de guardar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de guardar o de guardarse. |
Where the eye mixes guardaban and guardan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. guardaban runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCVC) against guardan's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: guardaban vs guardan
A purely visual mix-up. guardaban ([gwaɾˈð̞aβ̞ãn]) and guardan ([ˈgwaɾð̞ãn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guardaban is recorded at frequency rank #37,120, classified as averb, pronounced [gwaɾˈð̞aβ̞ãn]. guardan is at rank #11,591, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞ãn].
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 48711, this pair ranks #112,950 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guardaban vs guardan
Shared letters: adgnru. Private to "guardaban": b. Private to "guardan": -.
"guardaban" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC · "guardan" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guardaban" and "guardan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "guardaban" vs "guardan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "guardaban" and "guardan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guardaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guardan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,950 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guardaban" and "guardan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guardaban vs guardará". 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 #112,950 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.