disfrazadovsdisfrazarConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#13,677
“disfrazado” frequency rank
#33,087
“disfrazar” frequency rank
46764
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disfrazado disfrazar
Definition Participio de disfrazar. Desfigurar la apariencia natural de algo o alguien para que no pueda ser reconocido.

Where the eye mixes disfrazado and disfrazar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfrazado runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against disfrazar's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
disfrazado
9 ch
disfrazar

Look-alike desk: disfrazado vs disfrazar

A purely visual mix-up. disfrazado ([d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]) and disfrazar ([d̪isfɾaˈsaɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disfrazado is recorded at frequency rank #13,677, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]. disfrazar is at rank #33,087, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsaɾ].

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 46764, this pair ranks #123,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disfrazado vs disfrazar

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

"disfrazado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "disfrazar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disfrazado ← ddisfrazado · difsrazado · disfarzado · disffrazado · disfraazdo · disfrazaddo · disfrazaod · disfrazdao
  • disfrazar ← ddisfrazar · difsrazar · disfarzar · disffrazar · disfraazr · disfrazarr · disfrazra · disfrazzar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disfrazado" and "disfrazar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o] versus [d̪isfɾaˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disfrazado" vs "disfrazar" - which ranks higher?
"disfrazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,677 in our Spanish list, against #33,087 for "disfrazar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrazado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrazar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disfrazado" and "disfrazar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfrazan vs disfrazar". 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 #123,889 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