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Our objective was to analyze the performance in verbal fluency of Spanish-speaking children with neurodevelopmental disorders.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>\n<jats:bold>Methods<\/jats:bold>\u2003We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study to analyze the performance of children who had undergone a verbal fluency test in a neuropsychological assessment.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>\n<jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\u2003We included 115 participants. There were 41 (35.65%) participants with low intellectual performance (LIP), 63 (54.78%) with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and 11(9.57%) participants with dyslexia. Participants with LIP showed lower phonological and semantic fluency scores than participants with ADHD, and a lower performance in semantic fluency than the dyslexia group. 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