traídasvstraiganTell them apart

Quick tell: traídas is a participle, traigan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“traídas” is a participle and “traigan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,338
“traídas” frequency rank
#12,728
“traigan” frequency rank
49066
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traídas traigan
Definition Forma del femenino plural de traído, participio de traer o de traerse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de traer o de traerse.

Where the eye mixes traídas and traigan

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

7 ch
traídas
7 ch
traigan

Why the eye confuses traídas with traigan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: traídas is [t̪ɾaˈið̞as] while traigan is [ˈt̪ɾajɣ̞ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traídas is recorded at frequency rank #36,338, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈið̞as]. traigan is at rank #12,728, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾajɣ̞ãn].

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 49066, this pair ranks #110,902 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of traídas vs traigan

Shared letters: art. Private to "traídas": dsí. Private to "traigan": gin.

"traídas" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "traigan" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traigan ← rtaigan · tarigan · tragian · traiagn · traigann · traiggan · traigna · triagan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "traídas" and "traigan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "traídas" is a participle and "traigan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "traídas" or "traigan" show up more?
"traigan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,728 in our Spanish list, against #36,338 for "traídas". 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 "traídas" and "traigan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traídas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traigan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,902 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traídas" and "traigan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traídas vs trazadas". 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 #110,902 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