InmaculadavsinmaculadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Inmaculada is a name, inmaculado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Inmaculada” is a name and “inmaculado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,883
“Inmaculada” frequency rank
#37,154
“inmaculado” frequency rank
54037
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Inmaculada inmaculado
Definition Nombre de pila de mujer. Que no tiene mancha.

Where the eye mixes Inmaculada and inmaculado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. Inmaculada and inmaculado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
Inmaculada
10 ch
inmaculado

Why the eye confuses Inmaculada with inmaculado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Inmaculada is [ĩmmakuˈlað̞a] while inmaculado is [ĩmmakuˈlað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “Inmaculada” becomes o in “inmaculado”, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Inmaculada is recorded at frequency rank #16,883, classified as aname, pronounced [ĩmmakuˈlað̞a]. inmaculado is at rank #37,154, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩmmakuˈlað̞o].

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 54037, this pair ranks #85,072 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Inmaculada vs inmaculado

Shared letters: acdilmnu. Private to "Inmaculada": -. Private to "inmaculado": o.

"Inmaculada" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV  ·  "inmaculado" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Inmaculada ← imnaculada · inamculada · inmacculada · inmacluada · inmacualda · inmaculaad · inmaculadda · inmaculdaa
  • inmaculado ← imnaculado · inamculado · inmacculado · inmacluado · inmacualdo · inmaculaddo · inmaculaod · inmaculdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Inmaculada" and "inmaculado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Inmaculada" is a name and "inmaculado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Inmaculada" or "inmaculado" show up more?
"Inmaculada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,883 in our Spanish list, against #37,154 for "inmaculado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Inmaculada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inmaculado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,072 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #85,072 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