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“embarazada” and “embarazado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,508
- “embarazada” frequency rank
- #40,791
- “embarazado” frequency rank
- 45299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | embarazada | embarazado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino singular de embarazado. | Tímido, incómodo. |
Where the eye mixes embarazada and embarazado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. embarazada and embarazado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: embarazada vs embarazado
A purely visual mix-up. embarazada ([ẽmbaɾaˈsað̞a]) and embarazado ([ẽmbaɾaˈsað̞o]) 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 - a in “embarazada” becomes o in “embarazado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
embarazada is recorded at frequency rank #4,508, classified as anadj, pronounced [ẽmbaɾaˈsað̞a]. embarazado is at rank #40,791, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ẽmbaɾaˈsað̞o].
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 45299, this pair ranks #132,231 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of embarazada vs embarazado
Shared letters: abdemrz. Private to "embarazada": -. Private to "embarazado": o.
"embarazada" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV · "embarazado" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- embarazada ← ebmarazada · emabrazada · embaarzada · embaraazda · embarazaad · embarazadda · embarazdaa · embarazzada
- embarazado ← ebmarazado · emabrazado · embaarzado · embaraazdo · embarazaddo · embarazaod · embarazdao · embarazzado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "embarazada" and "embarazado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "embarazada" or "embarazado" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "embarazada" and "embarazado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "embarazada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "embarazado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,231 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "embarazada" and "embarazado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "embarazado vs embarazoso". 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 #132,231 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.