identificadasvsidentificadorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: identificadas is a participle, identificador is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“identificadas” is a participle and “identificador” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,135
“identificadas” frequency rank
#34,153
“identificador” frequency rank
53288
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature identificadas identificador
Definition Forma del femenino plural de identificado, participio de identificar o de identificarse. Que identifica o sirve para identificar

Where the eye mixes identificadas and identificador

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. identificadas and identificador follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
identificadas
13 ch
identificador

Why the eye confuses identificadas with identificador

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: identificadas is [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifiˈkað̞as] while identificador is [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifikaˈð̞oɾ]. 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 53288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

identificadas is recorded at frequency rank #19,135, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifiˈkað̞as]. identificador is at rank #34,153, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifikaˈð̞oɾ].

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 53288, this pair ranks #88,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of identificadas vs identificador

Shared letters: acdefint. Private to "identificadas": s. Private to "identificador": or.

"identificadas" · 13 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "identificador" · 13 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • identificadas ← dientificadas · iddentificadas · idenitficadas · idenntificadas · identfiicadas · identifciadas · identifficadas · identifiacdas
  • identificador ← dientificador · iddentificador · idenitficador · idenntificador · identfiicador · identifciador · identifficador · identifiacdor

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "identificadas" and "identificador" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "identificadas" is a participle and "identificador" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "identificadas" or "identificador" show up more?
"identificadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,135 in our Spanish list, against #34,153 for "identificador". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "identificadas" and "identificador" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "identificadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "identificador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "identificadas" and "identificador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identificador vs identificamos". 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 #88,621 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