estabilidadvsestabilizadoTell them apart

Quick tell: estabilidad is a noun, estabilizado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“estabilidad” is a noun and “estabilizado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,405
“estabilidad” frequency rank
#40,296
“estabilizado” frequency rank
43701
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature estabilidad estabilizado
Definition Calidad o cualidad de estable. Algo que ha obtenido estabilidad, cuando no tenía o tenía menos anteriormente.

Where the eye mixes estabilidad and estabilizado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
estabilidad
12 ch
estabilizado

Visual trap between estabilidad and estabilizado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: estabilidad is [est̪aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞] while estabilizado is [est̪aβ̞iliˈsað̞o]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

estabilidad is recorded at frequency rank #3,405, classified as anoun, pronounced [est̪aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]. estabilizado is at rank #40,296, tagged as anadj, pronounced [est̪aβ̞iliˈsað̞o].

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 43701, this pair ranks #141,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of estabilidad vs estabilizado

Shared letters: abdeilst. Private to "estabilidad": -. Private to "estabilizado": oz.

"estabilidad" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "estabilizado" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • estabilidadesatbilidad · esstabilidad · estabbilidad · estabiildad · estabildiad · estabiliadd · estabilidadd · estabilidda
  • estabilizadoesatbilizado · esstabilizado · estabbilizado · estabiilzado · estabiliazdo · estabilizaddo · estabilizaod · estabilizdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "estabilidad" for "estabilizado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "estabilidad" is a noun and "estabilizado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "estabilidad" vs "estabilizado" - which ranks higher?
"estabilidad" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,405 in our Spanish list, against #40,296 for "estabilizado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "estabilidad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "estabilizado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #141,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "estabilidad" and "estabilizado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "estabiliza vs estabilizado". 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 #141,186 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