trabajamosvstrabajaronWhat's the difference?

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

#5,679
“trabajamos” frequency rank
#11,688
“trabajaron” frequency rank
17367
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabajamos trabajaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de trabajar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de trabajar.

Where the eye mixes trabajamos and trabajaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
trabajamos
10 ch
trabajaron

Look-alike desk: trabajamos vs trabajaron

A purely visual mix-up. trabajamos ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxamos]) and trabajaron ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾõn]) 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 17367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trabajamos is recorded at frequency rank #5,679, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxamos]. trabajaron is at rank #11,688, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾõn].

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 17367, this pair ranks #272,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of trabajamos vs trabajaron

Shared letters: abjort. Private to "trabajamos": ms. Private to "trabajaron": n.

"trabajamos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC  ·  "trabajaron" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabajamosrtabajamos · tarbajamos · traabjamos · trabaajmos · trabajammos · trabajamoss · trabajamso · trabajaoms
  • trabajaronrtabajaron · tarbajaron · traabjaron · trabaajron · trabajaorn · trabajarno · trabajaronn · trabajarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "trabajamos" and "trabajaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxamos] versus [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "trabajamos" or "trabajaron" show up more?
"trabajamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,679 in our Spanish list, against #11,688 for "trabajaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "trabajamos" and "trabajaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #272,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabajamos" and "trabajaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabajados vs trabajaron". 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 #272,439 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