maltratadavsmaltratadoConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
maltratada
10 ch
maltratado

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

Is swapping "maltratada" for "maltratado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞a] versus [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "maltratada" or "maltratado" show up more?
"maltratado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,513 in our Spanish list, against #34,665 for "maltratada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list