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

#13,677
“disfrazado” frequency rank
#11,954
“disfrutado” frequency rank
25631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disfrazado disfrutado
Definition Participio de disfrazar. Participio de disfrutar.

Where the eye mixes disfrazado and disfrutado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfrazado and disfrutado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
disfrazado
10 ch
disfrutado

Why the eye confuses disfrazado with disfrutado

A purely visual mix-up. disfrazado ([d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]) and disfrutado ([d̪isfɾuˈt̪að̞o]) 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 25631, 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]. disfrutado is at rank #11,954, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾuˈt̪að̞o].

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 25631, this pair ranks #235,547 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disfrazado vs disfrutado

Shared letters: adfiors. Private to "disfrazado": z. Private to "disfrutado": tu.

"disfrazado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "disfrutado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disfrazado ← ddisfrazado · difsrazado · disfarzado · disffrazado · disfraazdo · disfrazaddo · disfrazaod · disfrazdao
  • disfrutado ← ddisfrutado · difsrutado · disffrutado · disfrrutado · disfrtuado · disfruatdo · disfrutaddo · disfrutaod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disfrazado" for "disfrutado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o] versus [d̪isfɾuˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "disfrazado" or "disfrutado"?
"disfrutado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,954 in our Spanish list, against #13,677 for "disfrazado". 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 "disfrazado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrutado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,547 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disfrazado" and "disfrutado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfrutado vs disfrutará". 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 #235,547 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