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

#35,804
“valgan” frequency rank
#48,748
“vallan” frequency rank
84552
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature valgan vallan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de valer o de valerse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de vallar.

Where the eye mixes valgan and vallan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. valgan and vallan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
valgan
6 ch
vallan

Visual trap between valgan and vallan

A purely visual mix-up. valgan ([ˈbalɣ̞ãn]) and vallan ([ˈbaʝãn]) 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 - g in “valgan” becomes l in “vallan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

valgan is recorded at frequency rank #35,804, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbalɣ̞ãn]. vallan is at rank #48,748, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbaʝãn].

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 84552, this pair ranks #6,950 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of valgan vs vallan

Shared letters: alnv. Private to "valgan": g. Private to "vallan": -.

"valgan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "vallan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • valgan ← avlgan · balgan · vaglan · valagn · valgann · valggan · valgna · vallgan
  • vallan ← avllan · ballan · valaln · valan · vallann · vallna · vlalan · vvallan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "valgan" and "vallan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbalɣ̞ãn] versus [ˈbaʝãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "valgan" or "vallan"?
"valgan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,804 in our Spanish list, against #48,748 for "vallan". 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 "valgan" and "vallan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "valgan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vallan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,950 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "valgan" and "vallan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vallan vs velan". 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 #6,950 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