Which to use
“ampliada” is a participle and “ampliado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,934
- “ampliada” frequency rank
- #14,757
- “ampliado” frequency rank
- 37691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ampliada | ampliado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de ampliado, participio de ampliar. | Participio de ampliar. |
Where the eye mixes ampliada and ampliado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ampliada and ampliado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ampliada and ampliado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ampliada is [ãmˈpljað̞a] while ampliado is [ãmˈpljað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “ampliada” becomes o in “ampliado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ampliada is recorded at frequency rank #22,934, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ãmˈpljað̞a]. ampliado is at rank #14,757, tagged as averb, pronounced [ãmˈpljað̞o].
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 37691, this pair ranks #173,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ampliada vs ampliado
Shared letters: adilmp. Private to "ampliada": -. Private to "ampliado": o.
"ampliada" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV · "ampliado" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ampliada" and "ampliado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ampliada" vs "ampliado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ampliada" and "ampliado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ampliada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ampliado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ampliada" and "ampliado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ampliada vs ampliará". 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 #173,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.