Which to use
“reflejan” and “reflejar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,708
- “reflejan” frequency rank
- #12,468
- “reflejar” frequency rank
- 21176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reflejan | reflejar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reflejar. | Hacer rebotar la luz en una superficie. |
Where the eye mixes reflejan and reflejar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses reflejan with reflejar
A purely visual mix-up. reflejan ([reˈflexãn]) and reflejar ([refleˈxaɾ]) 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 - n in “reflejan” becomes r in “reflejar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reflejan is recorded at frequency rank #8,708, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈflexãn]. reflejar is at rank #12,468, tagged as averb, pronounced [refleˈxaɾ].
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 21176, this pair ranks #256,060 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reflejan vs reflejar
Shared letters: aefjlr. Private to "reflejan": n. Private to "reflejar": -.
"reflejan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "reflejar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reflejan" for "reflejar" ever safe?
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reflejan" and "reflejar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reflejan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reflejar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,060 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reflejan" and "reflejar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reflejar 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 #256,060 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.