Which to use
“tragan” and “tragar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,897
- “tragan” frequency rank
- #14,029
- “tragar” frequency rank
- 57926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tragan | tragar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tragar o de tragarse. | Hacer pasar algo a través de la garganta para que llegue al estómago, o realizar los movimientos musculares que típicamente se asocian con esta acción. |
Where the eye mixes tragan and tragar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tragan vs tragar
A purely visual mix-up. tragan ([ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞ãn]) and tragar ([t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]) 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 “tragan” becomes r in “tragar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tragan is recorded at frequency rank #43,897, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞ãn]. tragar is at rank #14,029, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ].
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 57926, this pair ranks #68,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tragan vs tragar
Shared letters: agrt. Private to "tragan": n. Private to "tragar": -.
"tragan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "tragar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tragan" for "tragar" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tragan" or "tragar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tragan" and "tragar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tragan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tragar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tragan" and "tragar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traca vs tragan". 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 #68,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.