Which to use
“pillado” is a noun and “pillaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,671
- “pillado” frequency rank
- #43,174
- “pillaron” frequency rank
- 59845
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pillado | pillaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Juego infantil que consiste en perseguir a alguien hasta tocarlo o atraparlo. Tiene muchas variantes, según se juegue de a dos o más personas y con reglas que faciliten o dificulten el pillar a los que escapan. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de pillar. |
Where the eye mixes pillado and pillaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pillado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pillaron's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pillado with pillaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pillado is [piˈʝað̞o] while pillaron is [piˈʝaɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pillado is recorded at frequency rank #16,671, classified as anoun, pronounced [piˈʝað̞o]. pillaron is at rank #43,174, tagged as averb, pronounced [piˈʝaɾõn].
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 59845, this pair ranks #61,129 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pillado vs pillaron
Shared letters: ailop. Private to "pillado": d. Private to "pillaron": nr.
"pillado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pillaron" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pillado" for "pillaron" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pillado" vs "pillaron" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pillado" and "pillaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pillado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pillaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,129 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pillado" and "pillaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillan vs pillaron". 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 #61,129 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.