Which to use
“dudado” and “durado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,736
- “dudado” frequency rank
- #18,226
- “durado” frequency rank
- 46962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dudado | durado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de dudar. | Participio de durar. |
Where the eye mixes dudado and durado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dudado and durado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dudado vs durado
A purely visual mix-up. dudado ([d̪uˈð̞að̞o]) and durado ([d̪uˈɾað̞o]) 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 a single letter - d in “dudado” becomes r in “durado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dudado is recorded at frequency rank #28,736, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪uˈð̞að̞o]. durado is at rank #18,226, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪uˈɾað̞o].
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 46962, this pair ranks #122,758 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dudado vs durado
Shared letters: adou. Private to "dudado": -. Private to "durado": r.
"dudado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "durado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "dudado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,758 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dudado" and "durado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dudado vs durando". 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 #122,758 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.