quejamosvsquejaronWhich spelling fits?

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

#29,805
“quejamos” frequency rank
#33,299
“quejaron” frequency rank
63104
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quejamos quejaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de quejar o de quejarse. 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 quejamos and quejaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
quejamos
8 ch
quejaron

Why the eye confuses quejamos with quejaron

A purely visual mix-up. quejamos ([keˈxamos]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quejamos is recorded at frequency rank #29,805, classified as averb, pronounced [keˈxamos]. 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 63104, this pair ranks #49,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quejamos vs quejaron

Shared letters: aejoqu. Private to "quejamos": ms. Private to "quejaron": nr.

"quejamos" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "quejaron" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quejamosqeujamos · qquejamos · queajmos · quejammos · quejamoss · quejamso · quejaoms · quejjamos
  • quejaronqeujaron · qquejaron · queajron · quejaorn · quejarno · quejaronn · quejarron · quejjaron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quejamos" for "quejaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([keˈxamos] versus [keˈxaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "quejamos" vs "quejaron" - which ranks higher?
"quejamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,805 in our Spanish list, against #33,299 for "quejaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "quejamos" 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 #49,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quejamos" 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 #49,845 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