Which to use
“comprobada” and “comprobados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,276
- “comprobada” frequency rank
- #44,063
- “comprobados” frequency rank
- 75339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprobada | comprobados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de comprobado, participio de comprobar. | Forma del plural de comprobado, participio de comprobar. |
Where the eye mixes comprobada and comprobados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between comprobada and comprobados
A purely visual mix-up. comprobada ([kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞a]) and comprobados ([kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞os]) 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 75339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprobada is recorded at frequency rank #31,276, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞a]. comprobados is at rank #44,063, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞os].
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 75339, this pair ranks #19,750 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comprobada vs comprobados
Shared letters: abcdmopr. Private to "comprobada": -. Private to "comprobados": s.
"comprobada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "comprobados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprobada ← ccomprobada · cmoprobada · commprobada · comporbada · compprobada · comprboada · comproabda · comprobaad
- comprobados ← ccomprobados · cmoprobados · commprobados · comporbados · compprobados · comprboados · comproabdos · comprobaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comprobada" for "comprobados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comprobada" or "comprobados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "comprobada" and "comprobados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprobada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprobados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,750 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprobada" and "comprobados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprobados vs comprobamos". 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 #19,750 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.