Which to use
“citado” and “citar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,291
- “citado” frequency rank
- #7,522
- “citar” frequency rank
- 12813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citado | citar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de citar. | Avisar, prevenir, emplazar a alguno, señalándole día, hora y lugar para tratar de algún negocio. |
Where the eye mixes citado and citar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: citado vs citar
A purely visual mix-up. citado ([siˈt̪að̞o]) and citar ([siˈt̪aɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citado is recorded at frequency rank #5,291, classified as averb, pronounced [siˈt̪að̞o]. citar is at rank #7,522, tagged as averb, pronounced [siˈt̪aɾ].
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 12813, this pair ranks #290,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of citado vs citar
Shared letters: acit. Private to "citado": do. Private to "citar": r.
"citado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "citar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "citado" for "citar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "citado" vs "citar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "citado" and "citar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "citado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "citar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citado" and "citar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "citar vs citarse". 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 #290,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.