Which to use
“borrador” is an adjective and “borrados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,919
- “borrador” frequency rank
- #29,950
- “borrados” frequency rank
- 38869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | borrador | borrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que borra (hace desaparecer o desvanecer), o que sirve para ello. | Forma del plural de borrado, participio de borrar. |
Where the eye mixes borrador and borrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. borrador and borrados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between borrador and borrados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: borrador is [boraˈð̞oɾ] while borrados is [boˈrað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “borrador” becomes s in “borrados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
borrador is recorded at frequency rank #8,919, classified as anadj, pronounced [boraˈð̞oɾ]. borrados is at rank #29,950, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [boˈrað̞os].
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 38869, this pair ranks #167,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of borrador vs borrados
Shared letters: abdor. Private to "borrador": -. Private to "borrados": s.
"borrador" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "borrados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "borrador" and "borrados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "borrador" or "borrados"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "borrador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "borrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "borrador" and "borrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bocados vs borrados". 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 #167,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.