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Which to use

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

#37,557
“disfraza” frequency rank
#13,677
“disfrazado” frequency rank
51234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disfraza disfrazado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disfrazar. Participio de disfrazar.

Where the eye mixes disfraza and disfrazado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfraza runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against disfrazado's 10 (CVCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
disfraza
10 ch
disfrazado

Why the eye confuses disfraza with disfrazado

A purely visual mix-up. disfraza ([d̪isˈfɾasa]) and disfrazado ([d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “disfraza” sits inside “disfrazado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disfraza is recorded at frequency rank #37,557, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈfɾasa]. disfrazado is at rank #13,677, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o].

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 51234, this pair ranks #98,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disfraza vs disfrazado

Shared letters: adfirsz. Private to "disfraza": -. Private to "disfrazado": o.

"disfraza" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "disfrazado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disfraza ← ddisfraza · difsraza · disfarza · disffraza · disfraaz · disfrazza · disfrraza · disfrzaa
  • disfrazado ← ddisfrazado · difsrazado · disfarzado · disffrazado · disfraazdo · disfrazaddo · disfrazaod · disfrazdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disfraza" for "disfrazado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈfɾasa] versus [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disfraza" vs "disfrazado" - which ranks higher?
"disfrazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,677 in our Spanish list, against #37,557 for "disfraza". 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 "disfraza" and "disfrazado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disfraza" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrazado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disfraza" and "disfrazado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfraza vs disfrazan". 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 #98,932 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