Which to use
“humilla” and “humillado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,608
- “humilla” frequency rank
- #22,388
- “humillado” frequency rank
- 58996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humilla | humillado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de humillar o de humillarse. | Participio de humillar. |
Where the eye mixes humilla and humillado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. humilla runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against humillado's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between humilla and humillado
A purely visual mix-up. humilla ([uˈmiʝa]) and humillado ([umiˈʝað̞o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “humilla” sits inside “humillado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58996, 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]. humillado is at rank #22,388, tagged as averb, pronounced [umiˈʝað̞o].
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 58996, this pair ranks #64,311 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of humilla vs humillado
Shared letters: ahilmu. Private to "humilla": -. Private to "humillado": do.
"humilla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "humillado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "humilla" and "humillado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "humilla" or "humillado" show up more?
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 "humillado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,311 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humilla" and "humillado" 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 #64,311 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.