Which to use
“maltratada” and “maltratado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,665
- “maltratada” frequency rank
- #26,513
- “maltratado” frequency rank
- 61178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maltratada | maltratado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de maltratado. | Que ha sufrido maltrato o abuso. |
Where the eye mixes maltratada and maltratado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. maltratada and maltratado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: maltratada vs maltratado
A purely visual mix-up. maltratada ([mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞a]) and maltratado ([mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o]) 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 a single letter - a in “maltratada” becomes o in “maltratado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61178, 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]. maltratado is at rank #26,513, tagged as anadj, pronounced [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o].
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 61178, this pair ranks #56,371 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maltratada vs maltratado
Shared letters: adlmrt. Private to "maltratada": -. Private to "maltratado": o.
"maltratada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "maltratado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maltratada ← amltratada · malltratada · malrtatada · maltartada · maltraatda · maltrataad · maltratadda · maltratdaa
- maltratado ← amltratado · malltratado · malrtatado · maltartado · maltraatdo · maltrataddo · maltrataod · maltratdao
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maltratada" and "maltratado" 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 "maltratado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,371 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maltratada" and "maltratado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maltratada vs maltratadas". 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 #56,371 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.