# Altera vs alterado

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Altera
*name · IPA [al̪ˈt̪eɾa] · frequency rank #16,752*
Apellido.

### alterado
*verb · IPA [al̪t̪eˈɾað̞o] · frequency rank #15,535*
Participio de alterar o de alterarse.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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