limitadosvslimitandoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#11,805
“limitados” frequency rank
#21,052
“limitando” frequency rank
32857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature limitados limitando
Definition Forma del plural de limitado, participio de limitar o de limitarse. Gerundio de limitar.

Where the eye mixes limitados and limitando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
limitados
9 ch
limitando

Look-alike desk: limitados vs limitando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: limitados is [limiˈt̪að̞os] while limitando is [limiˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

limitados is recorded at frequency rank #11,805, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [limiˈt̪að̞os]. limitando is at rank #21,052, tagged as averb, pronounced [limiˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].

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 32857, this pair ranks #199,836 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of limitados vs limitando

Shared letters: adilmot. Private to "limitados": s. Private to "limitando": n.

"limitados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "limitando" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • limitadosilmitados · liimtados · limiatdos · limitaddos · limitadoss · limitadso · limitaods · limitdaos
  • limitandoilmitando · liimtando · limiatndo · limitadno · limitanddo · limitanndo · limitanod · limitnado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "limitados" for "limitando" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "limitados" is a participle and "limitando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "limitados" vs "limitando" - which ranks higher?
"limitados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,805 in our Spanish list, against #21,052 for "limitando". 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 "limitados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "limitando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #199,836 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "limitados" and "limitando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lidiando vs limitando". 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 #199,836 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