Which to use
“guardan” and “guardo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,591
- “guardan” frequency rank
- #11,977
- “guardo” frequency rank
- 23568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guardan | guardo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de guardar o de guardarse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de guardar o de guardarse. |
Where the eye mixes guardan and guardo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. guardan runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against guardo's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: guardan vs guardo
A purely visual mix-up. guardan ([ˈgwaɾð̞ãn]) and guardo ([ˈgwaɾð̞o]) 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 23568, 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]. guardo is at rank #11,977, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞o].
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 23568, this pair ranks #245,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of guardan vs guardo
Shared letters: adgru. Private to "guardan": n. Private to "guardo": o.
"guardan" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "guardo" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guardan" and "guardo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "guardan" or "guardo"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "guardan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guardo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guardan" and "guardo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "garbo vs guardo". 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 #245,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.