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“letrado” and “logrado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,904
“letrado” frequency rank
#2,785
“logrado” frequency rank
29689
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature letrado logrado
Definition Sabio, docto o instruido. Hecho de forma correcta o que ha resultado bien.

Where the eye mixes letrado and logrado

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

7 ch
letrado
7 ch
logrado

Look-alike desk: letrado vs logrado

A purely visual mix-up. letrado ([leˈt̪ɾað̞o]) and logrado ([loˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

letrado is recorded at frequency rank #26,904, classified as anadj, pronounced [leˈt̪ɾað̞o]. logrado is at rank #2,785, tagged as anadj, pronounced [loˈɣ̞ɾað̞o].

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 29689, this pair ranks #215,747 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of letrado vs logrado

Shared letters: adlor. Private to "letrado": et. Private to "logrado": g.

"letrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "logrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letrado ← eltrado · lertado · letardo · letraddo · letraod · letrdao · letrrado · lettrado
  • logrado ← lgorado · llogrado · logardo · loggrado · lograddo · lograod · logrdao · logrrado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "letrado" and "logrado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([leˈt̪ɾað̞o] versus [loˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "letrado" or "logrado" show up more?
"logrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,785 in our Spanish list, against #26,904 for "letrado". 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 "letrado" and "logrado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "letrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,747 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "letrado" and "logrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labrado vs letrado". 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 #215,747 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