aumentavsaumentadaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aumenta is a verb, aumentada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aumenta” is a verb and “aumentada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,100
“aumenta” frequency rank
#17,881
“aumentada” frequency rank
20981
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aumenta aumentada
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aumentar. Forma del femenino de aumentado, participio de aumentar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aumenta and aumentada apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
aumenta
9 ch
aumentada

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aumenta is [awˈmẽn̪t̪a] while aumentada is [awmẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “aumenta” sits inside “aumentada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aumenta is recorded at frequency rank #3,100, classified as averb, pronounced [awˈmẽn̪t̪a]. aumentada is at rank #17,881, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [awmẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a].

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 20981, this pair ranks #256,919 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aumenta vs aumentada

Shared letters: aemntu. Private to "aumenta": -. Private to "aumentada": d.

"aumenta" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV  ·  "aumentada" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aumentaamuenta · auemnta · aumenat · aumennta · aumentta · aumetna · aummenta · aumneta
  • aumentadaamuentada · auemntada · aumenatda · aumenntada · aumentaad · aumentadda · aumentdaa · aumenttada

Frequency comparison

aumenta#3,100
aumentada#17,881

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aumenta" and "aumentada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aumenta" is a verb and "aumentada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aumenta" or "aumentada"?
"aumenta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,100 in our Spanish list, against #17,881 for "aumentada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering aumenta vs aumentada

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “aumenta”; for a participle, it's “aumentada”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “aumenta” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list