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Which to use

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

#21,727
“laden” frequency rank
#5,848
“ladrón” frequency rank
27575
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laden ladrón
Definition Cargado. Que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen.

Letter map: laden vs ladrón

Shared letters muted; letters that set laden and ladrón apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
laden
6 ch
ladrón

Pair insight - laden / ladrón

laden and ladrón are indexed as a confusable Spanish pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laden is recorded at frequency rank #21,727, classified as anadj. ladrón is at rank #5,848, tagged as anadj, pronounced [laˈð̞ɾõn].

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 27575, this pair ranks #226,153 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laden vs ladrón

Shared letters: adln. Private to "laden": e. Private to "ladrón": .

"laden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "ladrón" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladenalden · ladden · ladenn · ladne · laedn · ldaen · lladen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "laden" for "ladrón" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "laden" or "ladrón" show up more?
"ladrón" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,848 in our Spanish list, against #21,727 for "laden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "laden" and "ladrón". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ladrón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #226,153 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laden" and "ladrón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laden vs Laude". 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 #226,153 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