moderado
[moð̞eˈɾað̞o]
The verdict
“moderado” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,154 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #9,154
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene moderación.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moderado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [moð̞eˈɾað̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moderado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for moderado is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moð̞eˈɾað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,154 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for moderado, with forms such as "mdoerado", "mmoderado", and "modderado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "morado", "moderno", "moderar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is moderado, spelled M-O-D-E-R-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene moderación.
- 2Que está situado en el punto medio de dos extremos.
- 3Referido a un partido político, asociación, etc. que sus ideas no son extremistas.
- 4Partidario del moderantismo.
- 5Que ha sido objeto de la actividad de un moderador.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mdoerado,mmoderado,modderado,modeardo,moderaddo,moderaod,moderdao,moderrado,modreado,moedrado,omderado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moderado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “moderado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-D-E-R-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [moð̞eˈɾað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “morado” - see the side-by-side comparison. moderado vs morado
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.