Which to use
“roban” and “rozar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,180
- “roban” frequency rank
- #39,444
- “rozar” frequency rank
- 47624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roban | rozar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de robar. | Apenas tocar en movimiento un borde de un cuerpo físico a otro. |
Where the eye mixes roban and rozar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. roban and rozar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between roban and rozar
A purely visual mix-up. roban ([ˈroβ̞ãn]) and rozar ([roˈsaɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roban is recorded at frequency rank #8,180, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈroβ̞ãn]. rozar is at rank #39,444, tagged as averb, pronounced [roˈsaɾ].
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 47624, this pair ranks #119,025 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roban vs rozar
Shared letters: aor. Private to "roban": bn. Private to "rozar": z.
"roban" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rozar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roban" and "rozar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "roban" vs "rozar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "roban" and "rozar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "roban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rozar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,025 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roban" and "rozar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rozan vs rozar". 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 #119,025 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.