implicadavsimplicadoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,185
“implicada” frequency rank
#13,489
“implicado” frequency rank
37674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implicada implicado
Definition Forma del femenino de implicado, participio de implicar. Participio de implicar.

Where the eye mixes implicada and implicado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
implicada
9 ch
implicado

Look-alike desk: implicada vs implicado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: implicada is [ĩmpliˈkað̞a] while implicado is [ĩmpliˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “implicada” becomes o in “implicado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

implicada is recorded at frequency rank #24,185, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpliˈkað̞a]. implicado is at rank #13,489, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpliˈkað̞o].

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 37674, this pair ranks #174,066 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of implicada vs implicado

Shared letters: acdilmp. Private to "implicada": -. Private to "implicado": o.

"implicada" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "implicado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • implicadaimlpicada · immplicada · impilcada · implciada · impliacda · implicaad · implicadda · impliccada
  • implicadoimlpicado · immplicado · impilcado · implciado · impliacdo · implicaddo · implicaod · impliccado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "implicada" and "implicado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "implicada" is a participle and "implicado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "implicada" vs "implicado" - which ranks higher?
"implicado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,489 in our Spanish list, against #24,185 for "implicada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "implicada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "implicado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,066 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implicada" and "implicado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implicada vs implicando". 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 #174,066 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