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

#30,559
“madurado” frequency rank
#17,475
“madurar” frequency rank
48034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature madurado madurar
Definition Participio de madurar. Desarrollarse hasta la completa plenitud o sazón.

Where the eye mixes madurado and madurar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. madurado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against madurar's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
madurado
7 ch
madurar

Look-alike desk: madurado vs madurar

A purely visual mix-up. madurado ([mað̞uˈɾað̞o]) and madurar ([mað̞uˈɾaɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

madurado is recorded at frequency rank #30,559, classified as averb, pronounced [mað̞uˈɾað̞o]. madurar is at rank #17,475, tagged as averb, pronounced [mað̞uˈɾaɾ].

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 48034, this pair ranks #116,688 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of madurado vs madurar

Shared letters: admru. Private to "madurado": o. Private to "madurar": -.

"madurado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "madurar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • madurado ← amdurado · maddurado · madruado · maduardo · maduraddo · maduraod · madurdao · madurrado
  • madurar ← amdurar · maddurar · madruar · maduarr · madurarr · madurrar · maudrar · mdaurar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "madurado" and "madurar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([mað̞uˈɾað̞o] versus [mað̞uˈɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "madurado" or "madurar"?
"madurar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,475 in our Spanish list, against #30,559 for "madurado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "madurado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "madurar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,688 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "madurado" and "madurar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "madurado vs maduran". 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 #116,688 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