Which to use
“humilla” is a verb and “humillada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,608
- “humilla” frequency rank
- #38,748
- “humillada” frequency rank
- 75356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humilla | humillada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de humillar o de humillarse. | Forma del femenino de humillado, participio de humillar o de humillarse. |
Where the eye mixes humilla and humillada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. humilla runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against humillada's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between humilla and humillada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: humilla is [uˈmiʝa] while humillada is [umiˈʝað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “humilla” sits inside “humillada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
humilla is recorded at frequency rank #36,608, classified as averb, pronounced [uˈmiʝa]. humillada is at rank #38,748, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [umiˈʝað̞a].
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 75356, this pair ranks #19,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of humilla vs humillada
Shared letters: ahilmu. Private to "humilla": -. Private to "humillada": d.
"humilla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "humillada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "humilla" and "humillada" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "humilla" vs "humillada" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "humilla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humillada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humilla" and "humillada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hebilla vs humilla". 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 #19,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.