cuestionadovscuestionarioWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cuestionado is a verb, cuestionario is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cuestionado” is a verb and “cuestionario” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,208
“cuestionado” frequency rank
#14,325
“cuestionario” frequency rank
32533
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cuestionado cuestionario
Definition Participio de cuestionar. Conjunto de preguntas planteadas con un fin determinado

Where the eye mixes cuestionado and cuestionario

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. cuestionado runs 11 letters (CVVCCVVCVCV) against cuestionario's 12 (CVVCCVVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
cuestionado
12 ch
cuestionario

Visual trap between cuestionado and cuestionario

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cuestionado is [kwest̪joˈnað̞o] while cuestionario is [kwest̪joˈnaɾjo]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cuestionado is recorded at frequency rank #18,208, classified as averb, pronounced [kwest̪joˈnað̞o]. cuestionario is at rank #14,325, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kwest̪joˈnaɾjo].

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 32533, this pair ranks #201,485 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cuestionado vs cuestionario

Shared letters: aceinostu. Private to "cuestionado": d. Private to "cuestionario": r.

"cuestionado" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVCV  ·  "cuestionario" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cuestionadoccuestionado · ceustionado · cuesitonado · cuesstionado · cuestinoado · cuestioando · cuestionaddo · cuestionaod
  • cuestionarioccuestionario · ceustionario · cuesitonario · cuesstionario · cuestinoario · cuestioanrio · cuestionairo · cuestionaroi

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cuestionado" and "cuestionario" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cuestionado" is a verb and "cuestionario" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cuestionado" or "cuestionario"?
"cuestionario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,325 in our Spanish list, against #18,208 for "cuestionado". 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 "cuestionado" and "cuestionario" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cuestionado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cuestionario" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,485 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cuestionado" and "cuestionario" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuestionado vs cuestionaron". 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 #201,485 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