editadovsevitadoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,299
“editado” frequency rank
#15,370
“evitado” frequency rank
22669
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature editado evitado
Definition Participio de editar. Participio de evitar.

Where the eye mixes editado and evitado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
editado
7 ch
evitado

Look-alike desk: editado vs evitado

A purely visual mix-up. editado ([eð̞iˈt̪að̞o]) and evitado ([eβ̞iˈt̪að̞o]) 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 “editado” becomes v in “evitado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

editado is recorded at frequency rank #7,299, classified as averb, pronounced [eð̞iˈt̪að̞o]. evitado is at rank #15,370, tagged as averb, pronounced [eβ̞iˈt̪að̞o].

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 22669, this pair ranks #249,273 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of editado vs evitado

Shared letters: adeiot. Private to "editado": -. Private to "evitado": v.

"editado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "evitado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editadodeitado · edditado · ediatdo · editaddo · editaod · editdao · edittado · edtiado
  • evitadoebitado · eivtado · eviatdo · evitaddo · evitaod · evitdao · evittado · evtiado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "editado" for "evitado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eð̞iˈt̪að̞o] versus [eβ̞iˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "editado" or "evitado"?
"editado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,299 in our Spanish list, against #15,370 for "evitado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "editado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #249,273 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "editado" and "evitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envigado vs evitado". 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 #249,273 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