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“disfrutaba” and “disfrutado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,962
- “disfrutaba” frequency rank
- #11,954
- “disfrutado” frequency rank
- 32916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disfrutaba | disfrutado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de disfrutar. | Participio de disfrutar. |
Where the eye mixes disfrutaba and disfrutado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfrutaba and disfrutado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: disfrutaba vs disfrutado
A purely visual mix-up. disfrutaba ([d̪isfɾuˈt̪aβ̞a]) 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 32916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disfrutaba is recorded at frequency rank #20,962, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾuˈt̪aβ̞a]. 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 32916, this pair ranks #199,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disfrutaba vs disfrutado
Shared letters: adfirstu. Private to "disfrutaba": b. Private to "disfrutado": o.
"disfrutaba" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "disfrutado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- disfrutaba ← ddisfrutaba · difsrutaba · disffrutaba · disfrrutaba · disfrtuaba · disfruatba · disfrutaab · disfrutabba
- disfrutado ← ddisfrutado · difsrutado · disffrutado · disfrrutado · disfrtuado · disfruatdo · disfrutaddo · disfrutaod
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "disfrutaba" 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 #199,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disfrutaba" and "disfrutado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfrutaba 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 #199,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.