Which to use
“mejorar” and “mejoren” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,250
- “mejorar” frequency rank
- #19,798
- “mejoren” frequency rank
- 21048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mejorar | mejoren |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adelantar, acrecentar una cosa, haciédola pasar de un estado bueno a otro mejor. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de mejorar. |
Where the eye mixes mejorar and mejoren
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mejorar and mejoren follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mejorar vs mejoren
A purely visual mix-up. mejorar ([mexoˈɾaɾ]) and mejoren ([meˈxoɾẽn]) 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 21048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mejorar is recorded at frequency rank #1,250, classified as averb, pronounced [mexoˈɾaɾ]. mejoren is at rank #19,798, tagged as averb, pronounced [meˈxoɾẽn].
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 21048, this pair ranks #256,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mejorar vs mejoren
Shared letters: ejmor. Private to "mejorar": a. Private to "mejoren": n.
"mejorar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "mejoren" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mejorar" and "mejoren" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mejorar" vs "mejoren" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mejorar" and "mejoren" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mejorar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mejoren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mejorar" and "mejoren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mejoren vs mejoro". 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 #256,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.