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

#9,320
“manifestado” frequency rank
#11,611
“manifestar” frequency rank
20931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manifestado manifestar
Definition Participio de manifestar o de manifestarse. Hacer saber, dar a conocer, hacer patente, palpable o visible.

Where the eye mixes manifestado and manifestar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. manifestado runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCCVCV) against manifestar's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
manifestado
10 ch
manifestar

Visual trap between manifestado and manifestar

A purely visual mix-up. manifestado ([manifesˈt̪að̞o]) and manifestar ([manifesˈt̪aɾ]) 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 20931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manifestado is recorded at frequency rank #9,320, classified as averb, pronounced [manifesˈt̪að̞o]. manifestar is at rank #11,611, tagged as averb, pronounced [manifesˈt̪aɾ].

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 20931, this pair ranks #257,128 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of manifestado vs manifestar

Shared letters: aefimnst. Private to "manifestado": do. Private to "manifestar": r.

"manifestado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "manifestar" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manifestado ← amnifestado · mainfestado · manfiestado · maniefstado · manifesatdo · manifesstado · manifestaddo · manifestaod
  • manifestar ← amnifestar · mainfestar · manfiestar · maniefstar · manifesatr · manifesstar · manifestarr · manifestra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manifestado" and "manifestar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([manifesˈt̪að̞o] versus [manifesˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "manifestado" or "manifestar" show up more?
"manifestado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,320 in our Spanish list, against #11,611 for "manifestar". 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 "manifestado" and "manifestar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manifestado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manifestar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,128 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manifestado" and "manifestar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manifestado vs manifestamos". 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 #257,128 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