# contratado vs contratando

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### contratado
*verb · IPA [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o] · frequency rank #7,532*
Participio de contratar.

### contratando
*verb · IPA [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ãn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #27,924*
Gerundio de contratar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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