Which to use
“celebrada” is a participle and “celebrado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,088
- “celebrada” frequency rank
- #5,183
- “celebrado” frequency rank
- 13271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | celebrada | celebrado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de celebrado, participio de celebrar. | Participio de celebrar. |
Where the eye mixes celebrada and celebrado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. celebrada and celebrado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: celebrada vs celebrado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: celebrada is [seleˈβ̞ɾað̞a] while celebrado is [seleˈβ̞ɾað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “celebrada” becomes o in “celebrado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
celebrada is recorded at frequency rank #8,088, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [seleˈβ̞ɾað̞a]. celebrado is at rank #5,183, tagged as averb, pronounced [seleˈβ̞ɾað̞o].
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 13271, this pair ranks #288,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of celebrada vs celebrado
Shared letters: abcdelr. Private to "celebrada": -. Private to "celebrado": o.
"celebrada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "celebrado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "celebrada" for "celebrado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "celebrada" vs "celebrado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "celebrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "celebrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "celebrada" and "celebrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "celebrada vs celebrara". 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 #288,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.