maravilladovsmaravillasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: maravillado is a verb, maravillas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“maravillado” is a verb and “maravillas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,251
“maravillado” frequency rank
#7,455
“maravillas” frequency rank
54706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maravillado maravillas
Definition Participio de maravillar. Forma del plural de maravilla.

Where the eye mixes maravillado and maravillas

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

11 ch
maravillado
10 ch
maravillas

Visual trap between maravillado and maravillas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: maravillado is [maɾaβ̞iˈʝað̞o] while maravillas is [maɾaˈβ̞iʝas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maravillado is recorded at frequency rank #47,251, classified as averb, pronounced [maɾaβ̞iˈʝað̞o]. maravillas is at rank #7,455, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maɾaˈβ̞iʝas].

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 54706, this pair ranks #82,116 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of maravillado vs maravillas

Shared letters: ailmrv. Private to "maravillado": do. Private to "maravillas": s.

"maravillado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "maravillas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maravilladoamravillado · maarvillado · marabillado · maraivllado · maravilado · maravilaldo · maravilladdo · maravillaod
  • maravillasamravillas · maarvillas · marabillas · maraivllas · maravilals · maravilas · maravillass · maravillsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "maravillado" for "maravillas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "maravillado" is a verb and "maravillas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "maravillado" vs "maravillas" - which ranks higher?
"maravillas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,455 in our Spanish list, against #47,251 for "maravillado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "maravillado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maravillas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #82,116 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maravillado" and "maravillas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maravilla vs maravillado". 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 #82,116 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