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“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.

7 ch
humilla
9 ch
humillado

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

  • humilla ← hhumilla · hmuilla · huimlla · humila · humilal · humlila · hummilla · uhmilla
  • humillado ← hhumillado · hmuillado · huimllado · humilado · humilaldo · humilladdo · humillaod · humilldao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "humilla" and "humillado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([uˈmiʝa] versus [umiˈʝað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "humilla" or "humillado" show up more?
"humillado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,388 in our Spanish list, against #36,608 for "humilla". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list