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Which to use

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

#31,124
“solucionan” frequency rank
#42,703
“solucionando” frequency rank
73827
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solucionan solucionando
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de solucionar. Gerundio de solucionar.

Where the eye mixes solucionan and solucionando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. solucionan runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCVC) against solucionando's 12 (CVCVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
solucionan
12 ch
solucionando

Look-alike desk: solucionan vs solucionando

A purely visual mix-up. solucionan ([soluˈsjonãn]) and solucionando ([solusjoˈnãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “solucionan” sits inside “solucionando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73827, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solucionan is recorded at frequency rank #31,124, classified as averb, pronounced [soluˈsjonãn]. solucionando is at rank #42,703, tagged as averb, pronounced [solusjoˈnãn̪d̪o].

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 73827, this pair ranks #22,520 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of solucionan vs solucionando

Shared letters: acilnosu. Private to "solucionan": -. Private to "solucionando": d.

"solucionan" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC  ·  "solucionando" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solucionan ← oslucionan · sloucionan · solcuionan · sollucionan · soluccionan · solucinoan · solucioann · solucionann
  • solucionando ← oslucionando · sloucionando · solcuionando · sollucionando · soluccionando · solucinoando · solucioanndo · solucionadno

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "solucionan" for "solucionando" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([soluˈsjonãn] versus [solusjoˈnãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "solucionan" or "solucionando"?
"solucionan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,124 in our Spanish list, against #42,703 for "solucionando". 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 "solucionan" and "solucionando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "solucionan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solucionando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,520 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solucionan" and "solucionando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solucionan vs solucionen". 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 #22,520 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