mezclabavsmezcladaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mezclaba is a verb, mezclada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mezclaba” is a verb and “mezclada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,937
“mezclaba” frequency rank
#19,177
“mezclada” frequency rank
67114
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mezclaba mezclada
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mezclar o de mezclarse. Forma del femenino de mezclado, participio de mezclar o de mezclarse.

Where the eye mixes mezclaba and mezclada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mezclaba and mezclada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
mezclaba
8 ch
mezclada

Look-alike desk: mezclaba vs mezclada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mezclaba is [mesˈklaβ̞a] while mezclada is [mesˈklað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - b in “mezclaba” becomes d in “mezclada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mezclaba is recorded at frequency rank #47,937, classified as averb, pronounced [mesˈklaβ̞a]. mezclada is at rank #19,177, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mesˈklað̞a].

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 67114, this pair ranks #37,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mezclaba vs mezclada

Shared letters: acelmz. Private to "mezclaba": b. Private to "mezclada": d.

"mezclaba" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "mezclada" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mezclabaemzclaba · meczlaba · mezcalba · mezcclaba · mezclaab · mezclabba · mezclava · mezclbaa
  • mezcladaemzclada · meczlada · mezcalda · mezcclada · mezclaad · mezcladda · mezcldaa · mezcllada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mezclaba" for "mezclada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mezclaba" is a verb and "mezclada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mezclaba" or "mezclada"?
"mezclada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,177 in our Spanish list, against #47,937 for "mezclaba". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "mezclaba" and "mezclada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mezclaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mezclada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mezclaba" and "mezclada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mezclaba vs mezcladas". 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 #37,993 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