ignoradavsignorandoTell them apart

Quick tell: ignorada is a participle, ignorando is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ignorada” is a participle and “ignorando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,526
“ignorada” frequency rank
#11,428
“ignorando” frequency rank
35954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ignorada ignorando
Definition Forma del femenino de ignorado, participio de ignorar. Gerundio de ignorar.

Where the eye mixes ignorada and ignorando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
ignorada
9 ch
ignorando

Look-alike desk: ignorada vs ignorando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ignorada is [iɣ̞noˈɾað̞a] while ignorando is [iɣ̞noˈɾãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ignorada is recorded at frequency rank #24,526, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [iɣ̞noˈɾað̞a]. ignorando is at rank #11,428, tagged as averb, pronounced [iɣ̞noˈɾãn̪d̪o].

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 35954, this pair ranks #183,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ignorada vs ignorando

Shared letters: adginor. Private to "ignorada": -. Private to "ignorando": -.

"ignorada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "ignorando" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ignoradaginorada · iggnorada · ignnorada · ignoarda · ignoraad · ignoradda · ignordaa · ignorrada
  • ignorandoginorando · iggnorando · ignnorando · ignoarndo · ignoradno · ignoranddo · ignoranndo · ignoranod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ignorada" for "ignorando" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ignorada" is a participle and "ignorando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ignorada" vs "ignorando" - which ranks higher?
"ignorando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,428 in our Spanish list, against #24,526 for "ignorada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ignorada" and "ignorando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignorada vs ignoradas". 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 #183,280 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