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

#12,072
“viajado” frequency rank
#10,434
“viajan” frequency rank
22506
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature viajado viajan
Definition Participio de viajar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de viajar.

Where the eye mixes viajado and viajan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. viajado runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against viajan's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
viajado
6 ch
viajan

Why the eye confuses viajado with viajan

A purely visual mix-up. viajado ([bjaˈxað̞o]) and viajan ([ˈbjaxãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

viajado is recorded at frequency rank #12,072, classified as averb, pronounced [bjaˈxað̞o]. viajan is at rank #10,434, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbjaxãn].

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 22506, this pair ranks #250,025 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of viajado vs viajan

Shared letters: aijv. Private to "viajado": do. Private to "viajan": n.

"viajado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "viajan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viajado ← biajado · ivajado · vaijado · viaajdo · viajaddo · viajaod · viajdao · viajjado
  • viajan ← biajan · ivajan · vaijan · viaajn · viajann · viajjan · viajna · vijaan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "viajado" for "viajan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bjaˈxað̞o] versus [ˈbjaxãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "viajado" vs "viajan" - which ranks higher?
"viajan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,434 in our Spanish list, against #12,072 for "viajado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "viajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "viajan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,025 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "viajado" and "viajan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "varado vs viajado". 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 #250,025 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