lesionadavslesionadoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,231
“lesionada” frequency rank
#17,189
“lesionado” frequency rank
64420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lesionada lesionado
Definition Forma del femenino de lesionado, participio de lesionar o de lesionarse. Participio de lesionar.

Where the eye mixes lesionada and lesionado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. lesionada and lesionado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
lesionada
9 ch
lesionado

Visual trap between lesionada and lesionado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lesionada is [lesjoˈnað̞a] while lesionado is [lesjoˈnað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “lesionada” becomes o in “lesionado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lesionada is recorded at frequency rank #47,231, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [lesjoˈnað̞a]. lesionado is at rank #17,189, tagged as averb, pronounced [lesjoˈnað̞o].

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 64420, this pair ranks #45,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lesionada vs lesionado

Shared letters: adeilnos. Private to "lesionada": -. Private to "lesionado": -.

"lesionada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV  ·  "lesionado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lesionada ← elsionada · lecionada · leisonada · lesinoada · lesioanda · lesionaad · lesionadda · lesiondaa
  • lesionado ← elsionado · lecionado · leisonado · lesinoado · lesioando · lesionaddo · lesionaod · lesiondao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lesionada" for "lesionado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lesionada" is a participle and "lesionado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lesionada" or "lesionado"?
"lesionado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,189 in our Spanish list, against #47,231 for "lesionada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "lesionada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lesionado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lesionada" and "lesionado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lesiona vs lesionada". 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 #45,660 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