Which to use
“guardan” and “guarden” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,591
- “guardan” frequency rank
- #20,061
- “guarden” frequency rank
- 31652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guardan | guarden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de guardar o de guardarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de guardar o de guardarse. |
Where the eye mixes guardan and guarden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. guardan and guarden follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses guardan with guarden
A purely visual mix-up. guardan ([ˈgwaɾð̞ãn]) and guarden ([ˈgwaɾð̞ẽn]) 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 a single letter - a in “guardan” becomes e in “guarden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guardan is recorded at frequency rank #11,591, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞ãn]. guarden is at rank #20,061, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞ẽn].
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 31652, this pair ranks #206,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guardan vs guarden
Shared letters: adgnru. Private to "guardan": -. Private to "guarden": e.
"guardan" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "guarden" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "guardan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guarden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guardan" and "guarden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gardens vs guarden". 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 #206,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.