quedaronvsquejaronWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,524
“quedaron” frequency rank
#33,299
“quejaron” frequency rank
35823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quedaron quejaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de quedar o de quedarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de quejar o de quejarse.

Where the eye mixes quedaron and quejaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quedaron and quejaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
quedaron
8 ch
quejaron

Look-alike desk: quedaron vs quejaron

A purely visual mix-up. quedaron ([keˈð̞aɾõn]) and quejaron ([keˈxaɾõn]) 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 - d in “quedaron” becomes j in “quejaron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quedaron is recorded at frequency rank #2,524, classified as averb, pronounced [keˈð̞aɾõn]. quejaron is at rank #33,299, tagged as averb, pronounced [keˈxaɾõn].

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 35823, this pair ranks #183,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quedaron vs quejaron

Shared letters: aenoqru. Private to "quedaron": d. Private to "quejaron": j.

"quedaron" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "quejaron" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quedaron ← qeudaron · qquedaron · qudearon · queadron · quedaorn · quedarno · quedaronn · quedarron
  • quejaron ← qeujaron · qquejaron · queajron · quejaorn · quejarno · quejaronn · quejarron · quejjaron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quedaron" for "quejaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([keˈð̞aɾõn] versus [keˈxaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "quedaron" or "quejaron" show up more?
"quedaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,524 in our Spanish list, against #33,299 for "quejaron". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "quedaron" and "quejaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quedaron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quejaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quedaron" and "quejaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quebraron vs quejaron". 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 #183,984 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