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

#34,665
“maltratada” frequency rank
#45,432
“maltratadas” frequency rank
80097
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maltratada maltratadas
Definition Forma del femenino de maltratado. Forma del femenino plural de maltratado.

Where the eye mixes maltratada and maltratadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. maltratada runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against maltratadas's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
maltratada
11 ch
maltratadas

Visual trap between maltratada and maltratadas

A purely visual mix-up. maltratada ([mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞a]) and maltratadas ([mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “maltratada” sits inside “maltratadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maltratada is recorded at frequency rank #34,665, classified as anadj, pronounced [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞a]. maltratadas is at rank #45,432, tagged as anadj, pronounced [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞as].

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 80097, this pair ranks #12,115 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of maltratada vs maltratadas

Shared letters: adlmrt. Private to "maltratada": -. Private to "maltratadas": s.

"maltratada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "maltratadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maltratada ← amltratada · malltratada · malrtatada · maltartada · maltraatda · maltrataad · maltratadda · maltratdaa
  • maltratadas ← amltratadas · malltratadas · malrtatadas · maltartadas · maltraatdas · maltrataads · maltratadass · maltrataddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "maltratada" for "maltratadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞a] versus [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "maltratada" vs "maltratadas" - which ranks higher?
"maltratada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,665 in our Spanish list, against #45,432 for "maltratadas". 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 "maltratada" and "maltratadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "maltratada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maltratadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,115 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maltratada" and "maltratadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maltratadas vs maltratados". 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 #12,115 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