manipuladasvsmanipuladosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#35,606
“manipuladas” frequency rank
#28,440
“manipulados” frequency rank
64046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manipuladas manipulados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de manipulado, participio de manipular. Forma del plural de manipulado, participio de manipular.

Where the eye mixes manipuladas and manipulados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. manipuladas and manipulados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
manipuladas
11 ch
manipulados

Look-alike desk: manipuladas vs manipulados

A purely visual mix-up. manipuladas ([manipuˈlað̞as]) and manipulados ([manipuˈlað̞os]) 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 “manipuladas” becomes o in “manipulados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manipuladas is recorded at frequency rank #35,606, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [manipuˈlað̞as]. manipulados is at rank #28,440, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [manipuˈlað̞os].

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 64046, this pair ranks #46,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of manipuladas vs manipulados

Shared letters: adilmnpsu. Private to "manipuladas": -. Private to "manipulados": o.

"manipuladas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "manipulados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manipuladasamnipuladas · mainpuladas · manipluadas · manippuladas · manipualdas · manipulaads · manipuladass · manipuladdas
  • manipuladosamnipulados · mainpulados · manipluados · manippulados · manipualdos · manipuladdos · manipuladoss · manipuladso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manipuladas" and "manipulados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([manipuˈlað̞as] versus [manipuˈlað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "manipuladas" or "manipulados" show up more?
"manipulados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,440 in our Spanish list, against #35,606 for "manipuladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manipuladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manipulados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manipuladas" and "manipulados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manipuladores vs manipulados". 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 #46,781 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