declaradavsdeclararConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#9,274
“declarada” frequency rank
#4,498
“declarar” frequency rank
13772
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declarada declarar
Definition Forma del femenino de declarado, participio de declarar o de declararse. Manifestar una cosa públicamente, hacer pública su voluntad el hablante.

Where the eye mixes declarada and declarar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
declarada
8 ch
declarar

Visual trap between declarada and declarar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: declarada is [d̪eklaˈɾað̞a] while declarar is [d̪eklaˈɾaɾ]. 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 13772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declarada is recorded at frequency rank #9,274, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eklaˈɾað̞a]. declarar is at rank #4,498, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eklaˈɾaɾ].

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 13772, this pair ranks #286,608 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of declarada vs declarar

Shared letters: acdelr. Private to "declarada": -. Private to "declarar": -.

"declarada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "declarar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaradadcelarada · ddeclarada · decalrada · decclarada · declaarda · declaraad · declaradda · declardaa
  • declarardcelarar · ddeclarar · decalrar · decclarar · declaarr · declararr · declarrar · decllarar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "declarada" for "declarar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "declarada" is a participle and "declarar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "declarada" vs "declarar" - which ranks higher?
"declarar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,498 in our Spanish list, against #9,274 for "declarada". 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 "declarada" and "declarar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declarada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "declarar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #286,608 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declarada" and "declarar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declarada vs declarará". 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 #286,608 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