traganvstrazarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#43,897
“tragan” frequency rank
#15,980
“trazar” frequency rank
59877
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tragan trazar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tragar o de tragarse. Hacer líneas, rayas o trazos (diseños o marca continua entre dos puntos dejada por la mano sobre una superficie, generalmente con un instrumento de escritura o pintura).

Where the eye mixes tragan and trazar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tragan and trazar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
tragan
6 ch
trazar

Visual trap between tragan and trazar

A purely visual mix-up. tragan ([ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞ãn]) and trazar ([t̪ɾaˈsaɾ]) 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 59877, 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]. trazar is at rank #15,980, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈsaɾ].

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 59877, this pair ranks #61,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tragan vs trazar

Shared letters: art. Private to "tragan": gn. Private to "trazar": z.

"tragan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "trazar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tragan ← rtagan · targan · traagn · tragann · traggan · tragna · trgaan · trragan
  • trazar ← rtazar · tarzar · traazr · trazarr · trazra · trazzar · trrazar · trzaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tragan" for "trazar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞ãn] versus [t̪ɾaˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tragan" or "trazar"?
"trazar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,980 in our Spanish list, against #43,897 for "tragan". 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 "tragan" and "trazar" 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 "trazar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tragan" and "trazar" 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 #61,005 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