comunicadavscomunicarWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#30,820
“comunicada” frequency rank
#7,525
“comunicar” frequency rank
38345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comunicada comunicar
Definition Forma del femenino de comunicado, participio de comunicar o de comunicarse. Dar a conocer o hacer saber algo a alguien a través de actos, gestos o palabras.

Where the eye mixes comunicada and comunicar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
comunicada
9 ch
comunicar

Visual trap between comunicada and comunicar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comunicada is [komuniˈkað̞a] while comunicar is [komuniˈkaɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comunicada is recorded at frequency rank #30,820, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [komuniˈkað̞a]. comunicar is at rank #7,525, tagged as averb, pronounced [komuniˈkaɾ].

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 38345, this pair ranks #170,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comunicada vs comunicar

Shared letters: acimnou. Private to "comunicada": d. Private to "comunicar": r.

"comunicada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "comunicar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comunicadaccomunicada · cmounicada · communicada · comnuicada · comuincada · comunciada · comuniacda · comunicaad
  • comunicarccomunicar · cmounicar · communicar · comnuicar · comuincar · comunciar · comuniacr · comunicarr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comunicada" for "comunicar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comunicada" is a participle and "comunicar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "comunicada" or "comunicar"?
"comunicar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,525 in our Spanish list, against #30,820 for "comunicada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "comunicada" and "comunicar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comunicada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comunicar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #170,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comunicada" and "comunicar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunicada vs comunicará". 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 #170,540 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