Which to use
“publican” and “publicando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,168
- “publican” frequency rank
- #10,915
- “publicando” frequency rank
- 19083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publican | publicando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de publicar. | Gerundio de publicar. |
Where the eye mixes publican and publicando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. publican runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against publicando's 10 (CVCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses publican with publicando
A purely visual mix-up. publican ([puˈβ̞likãn]) and publicando ([puβ̞liˈkãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “publican” sits inside “publicando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
publican is recorded at frequency rank #8,168, classified as averb, pronounced [puˈβ̞likãn]. publicando is at rank #10,915, tagged as averb, pronounced [puβ̞liˈkãn̪d̪o].
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 19083, this pair ranks #265,272 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of publican vs publicando
Shared letters: abcilnpu. Private to "publican": -. Private to "publicando": do.
"publican" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "publicando" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- publican ← pbulican · ppublican · pubblican · pubilcan · publcian · publiacn · publicann · publiccan
- publicando ← pbulicando · ppublicando · pubblicando · pubilcando · publciando · publiacndo · publicadno · publicanddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "publican" and "publicando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "publican" vs "publicando" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "publican" and "publicando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "publican" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "publicando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,272 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publican" and "publicando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "publican vs publicaré". 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 #265,272 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.