clasificadavsclasificadoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#17,072
“clasificada” frequency rank
#11,192
“clasificado” frequency rank
28264
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clasificada clasificado
Definition Forma del femenino de clasificado, participio de clasificar. Participio de clasificar.

Where the eye mixes clasificada and clasificado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. clasificada and clasificado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
clasificada
11 ch
clasificado

Look-alike desk: clasificada vs clasificado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: clasificada is [klasifiˈkað̞a] while clasificado is [klasifiˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “clasificada” becomes o in “clasificado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

clasificada is recorded at frequency rank #17,072, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [klasifiˈkað̞a]. clasificado is at rank #11,192, tagged as averb, pronounced [klasifiˈkað̞o].

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 28264, this pair ranks #222,873 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of clasificada vs clasificado

Shared letters: acdfils. Private to "clasificada": -. Private to "clasificado": o.

"clasificada" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCV  ·  "clasificado" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • clasificadacalsificada · cclasificada · clacificada · claisficada · clasfiicada · clasifciada · clasifficada · clasifiacda
  • clasificadocalsificado · cclasificado · clacificado · claisficado · clasfiicado · clasifciado · clasifficado · clasifiacdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "clasificada" and "clasificado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "clasificada" is a participle and "clasificado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "clasificada" vs "clasificado" - which ranks higher?
"clasificado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,192 in our Spanish list, against #17,072 for "clasificada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "clasificada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clasificado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,873 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "clasificada" and "clasificado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clasificado vs clasificaron". 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 #222,873 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