Which to use
“formuladas” is a participle and “formulado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,219
- “formuladas” frequency rank
- #24,877
- “formulado” frequency rank
- 57096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | formuladas | formulado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de formulado, participio de formular. | Participio de formular. |
Where the eye mixes formuladas and formulado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. formuladas runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against formulado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: formuladas vs formulado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: formuladas is [foɾmuˈlað̞as] while formulado is [foɾmuˈlað̞o]. 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 57096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
formuladas is recorded at frequency rank #32,219, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [foɾmuˈlað̞as]. formulado is at rank #24,877, tagged as averb, pronounced [foɾmuˈlað̞o].
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 57096, this pair ranks #71,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of formuladas vs formulado
Shared letters: adflmoru. Private to "formuladas": s. Private to "formulado": -.
"formuladas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "formulado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- formuladas ← fformuladas · fomruladas · formluadas · formmuladas · formualdas · formulaads · formuladass · formuladdas
- formulado ← fformulado · fomrulado · formluado · formmulado · formualdo · formuladdo · formulaod · formuldao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "formuladas" for "formulado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "formuladas" or "formulado"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "formuladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formulado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "formuladas" and "formulado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "formulada vs formuladas". 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 #71,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.