Which to use
“pregunté” and “pregunten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,425
- “pregunté” frequency rank
- #13,121
- “pregunten” frequency rank
- 18546
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pregunté | pregunten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preguntar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de preguntar. |
Where the eye mixes pregunté and pregunten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. pregunté runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against pregunten's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pregunté vs pregunten
A purely visual mix-up. pregunté ([pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪e]) and pregunten ([pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪ẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pregunté is recorded at frequency rank #5,425, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪e]. pregunten is at rank #13,121, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪ẽn].
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 18546, this pair ranks #267,474 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pregunté vs pregunten
Shared letters: egnprtu. Private to "pregunté": é. Private to "pregunten": -.
"pregunté" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "pregunten" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pregunten ← pergunten · ppregunten · preggunten · pregnuten · pregunetn · pregunnten · preguntenn · preguntne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pregunté" for "pregunten" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pregunté" and "pregunten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pregunté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pregunten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,474 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pregunté" and "pregunten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pregunten vs presenten". 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 #267,474 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.