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“dibujada” and “diputada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,034
“dibujada” frequency rank
#8,252
“diputada” frequency rank
45286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dibujada diputada
Definition Forma del femenino de dibujado, participio de dibujar. Forma del femenino de diputado, participio de diputar.

Where the eye mixes dibujada and diputada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dibujada and diputada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
dibujada
8 ch
diputada

Why the eye confuses dibujada with diputada

A purely visual mix-up. dibujada ([d̪iβ̞uˈxað̞a]) and diputada ([d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dibujada is recorded at frequency rank #37,034, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iβ̞uˈxað̞a]. diputada is at rank #8,252, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a].

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 45286, this pair ranks #132,315 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dibujada vs diputada

Shared letters: adiu. Private to "dibujada": bj. Private to "diputada": pt.

"dibujada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "diputada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dibujada ← dbiujada · ddibujada · dibbujada · dibjuada · dibuajda · dibujaad · dibujadda · dibujdaa
  • diputada ← ddiputada · dipputada · diptuada · dipuatda · diputaad · diputadda · diputdaa · diputtada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dibujada" for "diputada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iβ̞uˈxað̞a] versus [d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dibujada" vs "diputada" - which ranks higher?
"diputada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,252 in our Spanish list, against #37,034 for "dibujada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "diputada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,315 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dibujada" and "diputada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dibujada vs dibujados". 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 #132,315 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