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

#47,243
“maduran” frequency rank
#41,468
“madurando” frequency rank
88711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maduran madurando
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de madurar. Gerundio de madurar.

Where the eye mixes maduran and madurando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. maduran runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against madurando's 9 (CVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
maduran
9 ch
madurando

Visual trap between maduran and madurando

A purely visual mix-up. maduran ([maˈð̞uɾãn]) and madurando ([mað̞uˈɾãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “maduran” sits inside “madurando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maduran is recorded at frequency rank #47,243, classified as averb, pronounced [maˈð̞uɾãn]. madurando is at rank #41,468, tagged as averb, pronounced [mað̞uˈɾãn̪d̪o].

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 88711, this pair ranks #3,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of maduran vs madurando

Shared letters: admnru. Private to "maduran": -. Private to "madurando": o.

"maduran" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "madurando" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maduranamduran · madduran · madruan · maduarn · madurann · madurna · madurran · maudran
  • madurandoamdurando · maddurando · madruando · maduarndo · maduradno · maduranddo · maduranndo · maduranod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "maduran" for "madurando" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([maˈð̞uɾãn] versus [mað̞uˈɾãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "maduran" vs "madurando" - which ranks higher?
"madurando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,468 in our Spanish list, against #47,243 for "maduran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "maduran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "madurando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maduran" and "madurando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maduran vs Maturana". 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 #3,588 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