Which to use
“motivado” and “mutilado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,203
- “motivado” frequency rank
- #40,412
- “mutilado” frequency rank
- 52615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motivado | mutilado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de motivar. | Participio de mutilar. |
Where the eye mixes motivado and mutilado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. motivado and mutilado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: motivado vs mutilado
A purely visual mix-up. motivado ([mot̪iˈβ̞að̞o]) and mutilado ([mut̪iˈlað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motivado is recorded at frequency rank #12,203, classified as averb, pronounced [mot̪iˈβ̞að̞o]. mutilado is at rank #40,412, tagged as averb, pronounced [mut̪iˈlað̞o].
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 52615, this pair ranks #91,874 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of motivado vs mutilado
Shared letters: adimot. Private to "motivado": v. Private to "mutilado": lu.
"motivado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "mutilado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "motivado" and "mutilado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "motivado" vs "mutilado" - which ranks higher?
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 "motivado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,874 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motivado" and "mutilado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mutilado vs mutilados". 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 #91,874 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.