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

#38,004
“cegado” frequency rank
#1,720
“creado” frequency rank
39724
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cegado creado
Definition Participio de cegar. Participio de crear.

Where the eye mixes cegado and creado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cegado
6 ch
creado

Look-alike desk: cegado vs creado

A purely visual mix-up. cegado ([seˈɣ̞að̞o]) and creado ([kɾeˈað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cegado is recorded at frequency rank #38,004, classified as averb, pronounced [seˈɣ̞að̞o]. creado is at rank #1,720, tagged as averb, pronounced [kɾeˈað̞o].

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 39724, this pair ranks #162,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cegado vs creado

Shared letters: acdeo. Private to "cegado": g. Private to "creado": r.

"cegado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "creado" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cegadoccegado · ceagdo · cegaddo · cegaod · cegdao · ceggado · cgeado · ecgado
  • creadoccreado · cerado · craedo · creaddo · creaod · credao · crreado · rceado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cegado" for "creado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([seˈɣ̞að̞o] versus [kɾeˈað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cegado" or "creado"?
"creado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,720 in our Spanish list, against #38,004 for "cegado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cegado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "creado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #162,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cegado" and "creado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cegado vs cenado". 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 #162,978 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