fabricadasvsfabricadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: fabricadas is a participle, fabricado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fabricadas” is a participle and “fabricado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,443
“fabricadas” frequency rank
#12,383
“fabricado” frequency rank
38826
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fabricadas fabricado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de fabricado, participio de fabricar. Participio de fabricar.

Where the eye mixes fabricadas and fabricado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
fabricadas
9 ch
fabricado

Visual trap between fabricadas and fabricado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fabricadas is [faβ̞ɾiˈkað̞as] while fabricado is [faβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fabricadas is recorded at frequency rank #26,443, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [faβ̞ɾiˈkað̞as]. fabricado is at rank #12,383, tagged as averb, pronounced [faβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o].

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 38826, this pair ranks #167,851 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fabricadas vs fabricado

Shared letters: abcdfir. Private to "fabricadas": s. Private to "fabricado": o.

"fabricadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "fabricado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fabricadasafbricadas · fabbricadas · fabircadas · fabrciadas · fabriacdas · fabricaads · fabricadass · fabricaddas
  • fabricadoafbricado · fabbricado · fabircado · fabrciado · fabriacdo · fabricaddo · fabricaod · fabriccado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fabricadas" and "fabricado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fabricadas" is a participle and "fabricado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "fabricadas" or "fabricado" show up more?
"fabricado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,383 in our Spanish list, against #26,443 for "fabricadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "fabricadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fabricado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,851 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fabricadas" and "fabricado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fabricadas vs fabricas". 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 #167,851 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