luchanvsluchenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#9,491
“luchan” frequency rank
#33,696
“luchen” frequency rank
43187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature luchan luchen
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de luchar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de luchar.

Where the eye mixes luchan and luchen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. luchan and luchen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
luchan
6 ch
luchen

Why the eye confuses luchan with luchen

A purely visual mix-up. luchan ([ˈlut͡ʃãn]) and luchen ([ˈlut͡ʃẽn]) 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 “luchan” becomes e in “luchen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

luchan is recorded at frequency rank #9,491, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlut͡ʃãn]. luchen is at rank #33,696, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlut͡ʃẽn].

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 43187, this pair ranks #144,072 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of luchan vs luchen

Shared letters: chlnu. Private to "luchan": a. Private to "luchen": e.

"luchan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "luchen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • luchan ← lcuhan · lluchan · lucahn · lucchan · luchann · luchhan · luchna · luhcan
  • luchen ← lcuhen · lluchen · lucchen · lucehn · luchenn · luchhen · luchne · luhcen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "luchan" for "luchen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈlut͡ʃãn] versus [ˈlut͡ʃẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "luchan" vs "luchen" - which ranks higher?
"luchan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,491 in our Spanish list, against #33,696 for "luchen". 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 "luchan" and "luchen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "luchan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "luchen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,072 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "luchan" and "luchen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luchen vs lucían". 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 #144,072 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