Which to use
“guardada” is a participle and “guardan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,699
- “guardada” frequency rank
- #11,591
- “guardan” frequency rank
- 32290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guardada | guardan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de guardado, participio de guardar o de guardarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de guardar o de guardarse. |
Where the eye mixes guardada and guardan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. guardada runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against guardan's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between guardada and guardan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: guardada is [gwaɾˈð̞að̞a] while guardan is [ˈgwaɾð̞ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guardada is recorded at frequency rank #20,699, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [gwaɾˈð̞að̞a]. 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 32290, this pair ranks #202,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guardada vs guardan
Shared letters: adgru. Private to "guardada": -. Private to "guardan": n.
"guardada" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "guardan" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guardada" and "guardan" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "guardada" or "guardan"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "guardada" and "guardan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guardada" 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 #202,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guardada" and "guardan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guardada 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 #202,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.