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

#43,168
“pegaban” frequency rank
#22,448
“pegaron” frequency rank
65616
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pegaban pegaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pegar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de pegar.

Where the eye mixes pegaban and pegaron

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

7 ch
pegaban
7 ch
pegaron

Visual trap between pegaban and pegaron

A purely visual mix-up. pegaban ([peˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]) and pegaron ([peˈɣ̞aɾõn]) 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 65616, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pegaban is recorded at frequency rank #43,168, classified as averb, pronounced [peˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]. pegaron is at rank #22,448, tagged as averb, pronounced [peˈɣ̞aɾõn].

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 65616, this pair ranks #42,134 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pegaban vs pegaron

Shared letters: aegnp. Private to "pegaban": b. Private to "pegaron": or.

"pegaban" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pegaron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pegaban ← epgaban · peagban · pegaabn · pegabann · pegabban · pegabna · pegavan · pegbaan
  • pegaron ← epgaron · peagron · pegaorn · pegarno · pegaronn · pegarron · peggaron · pegraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pegaban" and "pegaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn] versus [peˈɣ̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pegaban" vs "pegaron" - which ranks higher?
"pegaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,448 in our Spanish list, against #43,168 for "pegaban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pegaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pegaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,134 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pegaban" and "pegaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paraban vs pegaban". 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 #42,134 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