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

#12,383
“fabricado” frequency rank
#40,307
“fabricas” frequency rank
52690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fabricado fabricas
Definition Participio de fabricar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de fabricar.

Where the eye mixes fabricado and fabricas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. fabricado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against fabricas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
fabricado
8 ch
fabricas

Look-alike desk: fabricado vs fabricas

A purely visual mix-up. fabricado ([faβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]) and fabricas ([faˈβ̞ɾikas]) 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 52690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fabricado is recorded at frequency rank #12,383, classified as averb, pronounced [faβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]. fabricas is at rank #40,307, tagged as averb, pronounced [faˈβ̞ɾikas].

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 52690, this pair ranks #91,504 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fabricado vs fabricas

Shared letters: abcfir. Private to "fabricado": do. Private to "fabricas": s.

"fabricado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "fabricas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fabricado ← afbricado · fabbricado · fabircado · fabrciado · fabriacdo · fabricaddo · fabricaod · fabriccado
  • fabricas ← afbricas · fabbricas · fabircas · fabrcias · fabriacs · fabricass · fabriccas · fabricsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fabricado" and "fabricas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([faβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o] versus [faˈβ̞ɾikas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "fabricado" or "fabricas" show up more?
"fabricado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,383 in our Spanish list, against #40,307 for "fabricas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fabricado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fabricas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,504 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fabricado" and "fabricas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fabricas vs Fabricio". 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 #91,504 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