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

#18,321
“motivada” frequency rank
#23,509
“motivados” frequency rank
41830
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature motivada motivados
Definition Forma del femenino de motivado, participio de motivar. Forma del plural de motivado, participio de motivar.

Where the eye mixes motivada and motivados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. motivada runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against motivados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
motivada
9 ch
motivados

Look-alike desk: motivada vs motivados

A purely visual mix-up. motivada ([mot̪iˈβ̞að̞a]) and motivados ([mot̪iˈβ̞að̞os]) 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 41830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

motivada is recorded at frequency rank #18,321, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mot̪iˈβ̞að̞a]. motivados is at rank #23,509, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mot̪iˈβ̞að̞os].

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 41830, this pair ranks #151,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of motivada vs motivados

Shared letters: adimotv. Private to "motivada": -. Private to "motivados": s.

"motivada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "motivados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • motivadammotivada · moitvada · motiavda · motibada · motivaad · motivadda · motivdaa · motivvada
  • motivadosmmotivados · moitvados · motiavdos · motibados · motivaddos · motivadoss · motivadso · motivaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "motivada" and "motivados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([mot̪iˈβ̞að̞a] versus [mot̪iˈβ̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "motivada" or "motivados" show up more?
"motivada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,321 in our Spanish list, against #23,509 for "motivados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "motivada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "motivados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #151,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "motivada" and "motivados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motivados vs motivando". 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 #151,554 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