Which to use
“extrañado” and “extraviado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,844
- “extrañado” frequency rank
- #34,583
- “extraviado” frequency rank
- 61427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extrañado | extraviado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de extrañar o de extrañarse. | Participio de extraviar. |
Where the eye mixes extrañado and extraviado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. extrañado runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against extraviado's 10 (VCCCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between extrañado and extraviado
A purely visual mix-up. extrañado ([ekst̪ɾaˈɲað̞o]) and extraviado ([ekst̪ɾaˈβ̞jað̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extrañado is recorded at frequency rank #26,844, classified as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ɾaˈɲað̞o]. extraviado is at rank #34,583, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ɾaˈβ̞jað̞o].
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 61427, this pair ranks #55,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of extrañado vs extraviado
Shared letters: adeortx. Private to "extrañado": ñ. Private to "extraviado": iv.
"extrañado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV · "extraviado" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- extraviado ← etxraviado · exrtaviado · extarviado · extrabiado · extraivado · extravaido · extraviaddo · extraviaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "extrañado" for "extraviado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "extrañado" or "extraviado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "extrañado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extraviado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extrañado" and "extraviado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extraditado vs extraviado". 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 #55,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.