Which to use
“grabadas” is a participle and “grabador” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,980
- “grabadas” frequency rank
- #32,683
- “grabador” frequency rank
- 50663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grabadas | grabador |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de grabado, participio de grabar. | Que graba. |
Where the eye mixes grabadas and grabador
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. grabadas and grabador follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between grabadas and grabador
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grabadas is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞as] while grabador is [gɾaβ̞aˈð̞oɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grabadas is recorded at frequency rank #17,980, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞að̞as]. grabador is at rank #32,683, tagged as anadj, pronounced [gɾaβ̞aˈð̞oɾ].
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 50663, this pair ranks #101,991 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grabadas vs grabador
Shared letters: abdgr. Private to "grabadas": s. Private to "grabador": o.
"grabadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "grabador" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grabadas" for "grabador" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grabadas" vs "grabador" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grabadas" and "grabador" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grabadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grabador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,991 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grabadas" and "grabador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grabador vs granado". 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 #101,991 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.