Which to use
“quitaban” and “quitaran” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,230
- “quitaban” frequency rank
- #38,332
- “quitaran” frequency rank
- 87562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quitaban | quitaran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de quitar o de quitarse. |
Where the eye mixes quitaban and quitaran
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quitaban and quitaran follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: quitaban vs quitaran
A purely visual mix-up. quitaban ([kiˈt̪aβ̞ãn]) and quitaran ([kiˈt̪aɾãn]) 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 - b in “quitaban” becomes r in “quitaran”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quitaban is recorded at frequency rank #49,230, classified as averb, pronounced [kiˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. quitaran is at rank #38,332, tagged as averb, pronounced [kiˈt̪aɾãn].
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 87562, this pair ranks #4,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quitaban vs quitaran
Shared letters: ainqtu. Private to "quitaban": b. Private to "quitaran": r.
"quitaban" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "quitaran" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quitaban" and "quitaran" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quitaban" vs "quitaran" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "quitaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quitaran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quitaban" and "quitaran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quemaban vs quitaban". 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 #4,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.