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

#13,778
“reflejado” frequency rank
#8,708
“reflejan” frequency rank
22486
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes reflejado and reflejan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. reflejado 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
reflejado
8 ch
reflejan

Look-alike desk: reflejado vs reflejan

A purely visual mix-up. reflejado ([refleˈxað̞o]) and reflejan ([reˈflexãn]) 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 22486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reflejado is recorded at frequency rank #13,778, classified as averb, pronounced [refleˈxað̞o]. 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 22486, this pair ranks #250,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reflejado vs reflejan

Shared letters: aefjlr. Private to "reflejado": do. Private to "reflejan": n.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reflejado ← erflejado · refeljado · refflejado · refleajdo · reflejaddo · reflejaod · reflejdao · reflejjado
  • reflejan ← erflejan · refeljan · refflejan · refleajn · reflejann · reflejjan · reflejna · refljean

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reflejado" and "reflejan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([refleˈxað̞o] versus [reˈflexãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reflejado" 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 #13,778 for "reflejado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reflejado" 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 #250,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reflejado" and "reflejan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reflejan vs reflejen". 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 #250,121 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