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“humillado” and “humillar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,388
“humillado” frequency rank
#25,304
“humillar” frequency rank
47692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature humillado humillar
Definition Participio de humillar. Inclinar el cuerpo o, metafóricamente, el ánimo en señal de respeto o sumisión.

Where the eye mixes humillado and humillar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. humillado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against humillar's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
humillado
8 ch
humillar

Look-alike desk: humillado vs humillar

A purely visual mix-up. humillado ([umiˈʝað̞o]) and humillar ([umiˈʝaɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

humillado is recorded at frequency rank #22,388, classified as averb, pronounced [umiˈʝað̞o]. humillar is at rank #25,304, tagged as averb, pronounced [umiˈʝaɾ].

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 47692, this pair ranks #118,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of humillado vs humillar

Shared letters: ahilmu. Private to "humillado": do. Private to "humillar": r.

"humillado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "humillar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • humillado ← hhumillado · hmuillado · huimllado · humilado · humilaldo · humilladdo · humillaod · humilldao
  • humillar ← hhumillar · hmuillar · huimllar · humilalr · humilar · humillarr · humillra · humlilar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "humillado" and "humillar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([umiˈʝað̞o] versus [umiˈʝaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "humillado" or "humillar" show up more?
"humillado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,388 in our Spanish list, against #25,304 for "humillar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "humillado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "humillar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "humillado" and "humillar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humillado vs humillados". 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 #118,628 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