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

#11,701
“adaptado” frequency rank
#46,905
“adaptaron” frequency rank
58606
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adaptado adaptaron
Definition Participio de adaptar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de adaptar o de adaptarse.

Where the eye mixes adaptado and adaptaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
adaptado
9 ch
adaptaron

Look-alike desk: adaptado vs adaptaron

A purely visual mix-up. adaptado ([að̞apˈt̪að̞o]) and adaptaron ([að̞apˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 58606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adaptado is recorded at frequency rank #11,701, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞apˈt̪að̞o]. adaptaron is at rank #46,905, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞apˈt̪aɾõn].

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 58606, this pair ranks #65,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adaptado vs adaptaron

Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adaptado": -. Private to "adaptaron": nr.

"adaptado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "adaptaron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adaptadoaadptado · adapatdo · adapptado · adaptaddo · adaptaod · adaptdao · adapttado · adatpado
  • adaptaronaadptaron · adapatron · adapptaron · adaptaorn · adaptarno · adaptaronn · adaptarron · adaptraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adaptado" for "adaptaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞apˈt̪að̞o] versus [að̞apˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "adaptado" or "adaptaron"?
"adaptado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,701 in our Spanish list, against #46,905 for "adaptaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "adaptado" and "adaptaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adaptado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adaptaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adaptado" and "adaptaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adaptador vs adaptaron". 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 #65,845 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