Which to use
“disfrazada” is a participle and “disfrazado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,331
- “disfrazada” frequency rank
- #13,677
- “disfrazado” frequency rank
- 36008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disfrazada | disfrazado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de disfrazado, participio de disfrazar. | Participio de disfrazar. |
Where the eye mixes disfrazada and disfrazado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. disfrazada and disfrazado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: disfrazada vs disfrazado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: disfrazada is [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞a] while disfrazado is [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “disfrazada” becomes o in “disfrazado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disfrazada is recorded at frequency rank #22,331, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞a]. 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 36008, this pair ranks #182,968 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disfrazada vs disfrazado
Shared letters: adfirsz. Private to "disfrazada": -. Private to "disfrazado": o.
"disfrazada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "disfrazado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- disfrazada ← ddisfrazada · difsrazada · disfarzada · disffrazada · disfraazda · disfrazaad · disfrazadda · disfrazdaa
- disfrazado ← ddisfrazado · difsrazado · disfarzado · disffrazado · disfraazdo · disfrazaddo · disfrazaod · disfrazdao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disfrazada" for "disfrazado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "disfrazada" or "disfrazado"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "disfrazada" 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 #182,968 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disfrazada" and "disfrazado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfrazada vs disfrazadas". 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 #182,968 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.