reclamaciónvsreclamaronTell them apart

Quick tell: reclamación is a noun, reclamaron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reclamación” is a noun and “reclamaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,910
“reclamación” frequency rank
#31,519
“reclamaron” frequency rank
44429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reclamación reclamaron
Definition Acción o efecto de reclamar (pedir o exigir algo con derecho; llamar o clamar; repercutir). Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de reclamar o de reclamarse.

Where the eye mixes reclamación and reclamaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reclamación runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against reclamaron's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
reclamación
10 ch
reclamaron

Visual trap between reclamación and reclamaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reclamación is [reklamaˈsjõn] while reclamaron is [reklaˈmaɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reclamación is recorded at frequency rank #12,910, classified as anoun, pronounced [reklamaˈsjõn]. reclamaron is at rank #31,519, tagged as averb, pronounced [reklaˈmaɾõn].

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 44429, this pair ranks #137,108 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reclamación vs reclamaron

Shared letters: acelmnr. Private to "reclamación": ió. Private to "reclamaron": o.

"reclamación" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC  ·  "reclamaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reclamaron ← erclamaron · rcelamaron · recalmaron · recclamaron · reclaamron · reclamaorn · reclamarno · reclamaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reclamación" for "reclamaron" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reclamación" is a noun and "reclamaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reclamación" vs "reclamaron" - which ranks higher?
"reclamación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,910 in our Spanish list, against #31,519 for "reclamaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reclamación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reclamaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #137,108 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reclamación" and "reclamaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reclamamos vs reclamaron". 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 #137,108 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