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“indicaban” and “indicaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,409
- “indicaban” frequency rank
- #19,144
- “indicaron” frequency rank
- 47553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indicaban | indicaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de indicar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de indicar. |
Where the eye mixes indicaban and indicaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indicaban and indicaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: indicaban vs indicaron
A purely visual mix-up. indicaban ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkaβ̞ãn]) and indicaron ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indicaban is recorded at frequency rank #28,409, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkaβ̞ãn]. indicaron is at rank #19,144, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn].
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 47553, this pair ranks #119,413 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indicaban vs indicaron
Shared letters: acdin. Private to "indicaban": b. Private to "indicaron": or.
"indicaban" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "indicaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "indicaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indicaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,413 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indicaban" and "indicaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicaban vs indicará". 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 #119,413 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.