Which to use
“yacen” and “yacía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,039
- “yacen” frequency rank
- #36,880
- “yacía” frequency rank
- 68919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yacen | yacía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de yacer. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de yacer. |
Where the eye mixes yacen and yacía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. yacen (VVCVC) and yacía (VVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: yacen vs yacía
A purely visual mix-up. yacen ([ˈʝasẽn]) and yacía ([ʝaˈsia]) 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 68919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yacen is recorded at frequency rank #32,039, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʝasẽn]. yacía is at rank #36,880, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝaˈsia].
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 68919, this pair ranks #33,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yacen vs yacía
Shared letters: acy. Private to "yacen": en. Private to "yacía": í.
"yacen" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC · "yacía" · 5 letters · shape VVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- yacen ← aycen · yaccen · yacenn · yacne · yaecn · yasen · ycaen · yyacen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "yacen" and "yacía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "yacen" vs "yacía" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "yacen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yacía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yacen" and "yacía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yacía vs yaya". 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 #33,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.