Which to use
“provengan” and “provenían” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,565
- “provengan” frequency rank
- #27,362
- “provenían” frequency rank
- 68927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provengan | provenían |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de provenir. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir. |
Where the eye mixes provengan and provenían
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. provengan (CCVCVCCVC) and provenían (CCVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between provengan and provenían
A purely visual mix-up. provengan ([pɾoˈβ̞ẽŋgãn]) and provenían ([pɾoβ̞eˈniãn]) 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 a single letter - g in “provengan” becomes í in “provenían”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provengan is recorded at frequency rank #41,565, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾoˈβ̞ẽŋgãn]. provenían is at rank #27,362, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾoβ̞eˈniãn].
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 68927, this pair ranks #33,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of provengan vs provenían
Shared letters: aenoprv. Private to "provengan": g. Private to "provenían": í.
"provengan" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "provenían" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provengan ← porvengan · pprovengan · probengan · proevngan · provegnan · provenagn · provengann · provenggan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "provengan" for "provenían" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "provengan" or "provenían" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "provengan" and "provenían" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "provengan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provenían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provengan" and "provenían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provengan vs provenzal". 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 #33,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.