labradovslanzadoTell them apart

Quick tell: labrado is a adjective, lanzado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“labrado” is an adjective and “lanzado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,028
“labrado” frequency rank
#3,933
“lanzado” frequency rank
49961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature labrado lanzado
Definition Se dice de telas o géneros que tienen alguna labor o adorno bordado, cosido, tejido o elborado a mano. Participio de lanzar.

Where the eye mixes labrado and lanzado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. labrado and lanzado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
labrado
7 ch
lanzado

Look-alike desk: labrado vs lanzado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: labrado is [laˈβ̞ɾað̞o] while lanzado is [lãnˈsað̞o]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

labrado is recorded at frequency rank #46,028, classified as anadj, pronounced [laˈβ̞ɾað̞o]. lanzado is at rank #3,933, tagged as averb, pronounced [lãnˈsað̞o].

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 49961, this pair ranks #105,880 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of labrado vs lanzado

Shared letters: adlo. Private to "labrado": br. Private to "lanzado": nz.

"labrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "lanzado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • labrado ← albrado · labardo · labbrado · labraddo · labraod · labrdao · labrrado · larbado
  • lanzado ← alnzado · lanazdo · lannzado · lanzaddo · lanzaod · lanzdao · lanzzado · laznado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "labrado" for "lanzado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "labrado" is an adjective and "lanzado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "labrado" vs "lanzado" - which ranks higher?
"lanzado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,933 in our Spanish list, against #46,028 for "labrado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "labrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,880 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "labrado" and "lanzado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labrado vs laburando". 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 #105,880 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