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

#28,134
“quejado” frequency rank
#8,170
“quejan” frequency rank
36304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quejado quejan
Definition Participio de quejar o de quejarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de quejar o de quejarse.

Where the eye mixes quejado and quejan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
quejado
6 ch
quejan

Why the eye confuses quejado with quejan

A purely visual mix-up. quejado ([keˈxað̞o]) and quejan ([ˈkexãn]) 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 36304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quejado is recorded at frequency rank #28,134, classified as averb, pronounced [keˈxað̞o]. quejan is at rank #8,170, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkexãn].

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 36304, this pair ranks #181,353 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quejado vs quejan

Shared letters: aejqu. Private to "quejado": do. Private to "quejan": n.

"quejado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "quejan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quejadoqeujado · qquejado · queajdo · quejaddo · quejaod · quejdao · quejjado · qujeado
  • quejanqeujan · qquejan · queajn · quejann · quejjan · quejna · qujean · uqejan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quejado" for "quejan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([keˈxað̞o] versus [ˈkexãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "quejado" vs "quejan" - which ranks higher?
"quejan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,170 in our Spanish list, against #28,134 for "quejado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "quejado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quejan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #181,353 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quejado" and "quejan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quejado vs Quezada". 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 #181,353 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