Which to use
“manejaban” and “manejaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,472
- “manejaban” frequency rank
- #46,047
- “manejaron” frequency rank
- 87519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manejaban | manejaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de manejar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de manejar o de manejarse. |
Where the eye mixes manejaban and manejaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. manejaban and manejaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses manejaban with manejaron
A purely visual mix-up. manejaban ([maneˈxaβ̞ãn]) and manejaron ([maneˈxaɾõn]) 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 87519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manejaban is recorded at frequency rank #41,472, classified as averb, pronounced [maneˈxaβ̞ãn]. manejaron is at rank #46,047, tagged as averb, pronounced [maneˈxaɾõn].
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 87519, this pair ranks #4,429 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manejaban vs manejaron
Shared letters: aejmn. Private to "manejaban": b. Private to "manejaron": or.
"manejaban" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "manejaron" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manejaban" and "manejaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "manejaban" vs "manejaron" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "manejaban" and "manejaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manejaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manejaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,429 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manejaban" and "manejaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manejaron vs manejarse". 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 #4,429 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.