depositadavsdepositadoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#36,512
“depositada” frequency rank
#20,952
“depositado” frequency rank
57464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature depositada depositado
Definition Forma del femenino de depositado, participio de depositar. Participio de depositar.

Where the eye mixes depositada and depositado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
depositada
10 ch
depositado

Visual trap between depositada and depositado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: depositada is [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞a] while depositado is [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “depositada” becomes o in “depositado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

depositada is recorded at frequency rank #36,512, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞a]. depositado is at rank #20,952, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞o].

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 57464, this pair ranks #70,414 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of depositada vs depositado

Shared letters: adeiopst. Private to "depositada": -. Private to "depositado": -.

"depositada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "depositado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • depositadaddepositada · deopsitada · depocitada · depoistada · deposiatda · depositaad · depositadda · depositdaa
  • depositadoddepositado · deopsitado · depocitado · depoistado · deposiatdo · depositaddo · depositaod · depositdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "depositada" for "depositado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "depositada" is a participle and "depositado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "depositada" vs "depositado" - which ranks higher?
"depositado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,952 in our Spanish list, against #36,512 for "depositada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "depositada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "depositado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,414 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "depositada" and "depositado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depositada vs depositadas". 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 #70,414 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