# Pando vs parando

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pando
*name · IPA [ˈpãn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #25,749*
Apellido.

### parando
*verb · IPA [paˈɾãn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #28,859*
Gerundio de parar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/pando-vs-parando