inundadavsinundadoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#35,105
“inundada” frequency rank
#26,497
“inundado” frequency rank
61602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inundada inundado
Definition Forma del femenino de inundado, participio de inundar. Participio de inundar.

Where the eye mixes inundada and inundado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inundada and inundado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
inundada
8 ch
inundado

Visual trap between inundada and inundado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inundada is [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞a] while inundado is [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “inundada” becomes o in “inundado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inundada is recorded at frequency rank #35,105, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞a]. inundado is at rank #26,497, tagged as averb, pronounced [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞o].

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 61602, this pair ranks #54,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inundada vs inundado

Shared letters: adinu. Private to "inundada": -. Private to "inundado": o.

"inundada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "inundado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inundada ← innudada · innundada · inudnada · inunadda · inundaad · inundadda · inunddaa · inunddada
  • inundado ← innudado · innundado · inudnado · inunaddo · inundaddo · inundaod · inunddado · inunddao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inundada" for "inundado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inundada" is a participle and "inundado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "inundada" vs "inundado" - which ranks higher?
"inundado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,497 in our Spanish list, against #35,105 for "inundada". 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 "inundada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inundado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inundada" and "inundado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inundada vs inundando". 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 #54,891 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