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Which to use

“invitamos” and “invitaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,843
“invitamos” frequency rank
#14,629
“invitaron” frequency rank
24472
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invitamos invitaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de invitar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de invitar.

Where the eye mixes invitamos and invitaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. invitamos and invitaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
invitamos
9 ch
invitaron

Look-alike desk: invitamos vs invitaron

A purely visual mix-up. invitamos ([ĩmbiˈt̪amos]) and invitaron ([ĩmbiˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 24472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invitamos is recorded at frequency rank #9,843, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmbiˈt̪amos]. invitaron is at rank #14,629, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmbiˈt̪aɾõn].

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 24472, this pair ranks #241,023 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invitamos vs invitaron

Shared letters: ainotv. Private to "invitamos": ms. Private to "invitaron": r.

"invitamos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "invitaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invitamos ← inbitamos · inivtamos · innvitamos · inviatmos · invitammos · invitamoss · invitamso · invitaoms
  • invitaron ← inbitaron · inivtaron · innvitaron · inviatron · invitaorn · invitarno · invitaronn · invitarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "invitamos" and "invitaron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmbiˈt̪amos] versus [ĩmbiˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "invitamos" or "invitaron"?
"invitamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,843 in our Spanish list, against #14,629 for "invitaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "invitamos" and "invitaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invitamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invitaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,023 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invitamos" and "invitaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicamos vs invitamos". 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 #241,023 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list