edificadovsedificioWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: edificado is a verb, edificio is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“edificado” is a verb and “edificio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,547
“edificado” frequency rank
#1,055
“edificio” frequency rank
37602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edificado edificio
Definition Participio de edificar. Construcción cerrada hecha para albergar personas o animales, o para albergar productos, cosechas, para servir a industrias, a servicios públicos, etc.

Where the eye mixes edificado and edificio

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
edificado
8 ch
edificio

Why the eye confuses edificado with edificio

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: edificado is [eð̞ifiˈkað̞o] while edificio is [eð̞iˈfisjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edificado is recorded at frequency rank #36,547, classified as averb, pronounced [eð̞ifiˈkað̞o]. edificio is at rank #1,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eð̞iˈfisjo].

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 37602, this pair ranks #174,429 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of edificado vs edificio

Shared letters: cdefio. Private to "edificado": a. Private to "edificio": -.

"edificado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "edificio" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • edificadodeificado · eddificado · edfiicado · edifciado · edifficado · edifiacdo · edificaddo · edificaod
  • edificiodeificio · eddificio · edfiicio · edifciio · edifficio · edificcio · edificoi · edifiico

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "edificado" and "edificio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "edificado" is a verb and "edificio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "edificado" or "edificio"?
"edificio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,055 in our Spanish list, against #36,547 for "edificado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "edificado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "edificio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,429 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edificado" and "edificio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edificada vs edificado". 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 #174,429 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