reflejadavsreflejanTell them apart

Quick tell: reflejada is a participle, reflejan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reflejada” is a participle and “reflejan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,371
“reflejada” frequency rank
#8,708
“reflejan” frequency rank
27079
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reflejada reflejan
Definition Forma del femenino de reflejado, participio de reflejar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reflejar.

Where the eye mixes reflejada and reflejan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. reflejada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against reflejan's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
reflejada
8 ch
reflejan

Why the eye confuses reflejada with reflejan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reflejada is [refleˈxað̞a] while reflejan is [reˈflexãn]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reflejada is recorded at frequency rank #18,371, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [refleˈxað̞a]. reflejan is at rank #8,708, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈflexãn].

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 27079, this pair ranks #228,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reflejada vs reflejan

Shared letters: aefjlr. Private to "reflejada": d. Private to "reflejan": n.

"reflejada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "reflejan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reflejada ← erflejada · refeljada · refflejada · refleajda · reflejaad · reflejadda · reflejdaa · reflejjada
  • reflejan ← erflejan · refeljan · refflejan · refleajn · reflejann · reflejjan · reflejna · refljean

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reflejada" and "reflejan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reflejada" is a participle and "reflejan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reflejada" vs "reflejan" - which ranks higher?
"reflejan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,708 in our Spanish list, against #18,371 for "reflejada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reflejada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reflejan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reflejada" and "reflejan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reflejada vs relegada". 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 #228,543 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