narradavsnarradorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: narrada is a participle, narrador is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“narrada” is a participle and “narrador” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,179
“narrada” frequency rank
#11,091
“narrador” frequency rank
47270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature narrada narrador
Definition Forma del femenino de narrado, participio de narrar. Que narra.

Where the eye mixes narrada and narrador

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. narrada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against narrador's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
narrada
8 ch
narrador

Look-alike desk: narrada vs narrador

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: narrada is [naˈrað̞a] while narrador is [naraˈð̞oɾ]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

narrada is recorded at frequency rank #36,179, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [naˈrað̞a]. narrador is at rank #11,091, tagged as anadj, pronounced [naraˈð̞oɾ].

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 47270, this pair ranks #120,998 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of narrada vs narrador

Shared letters: adnr. Private to "narrada": -. Private to "narrador": o.

"narrada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "narrador" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • narrada ← anrrada · narada · nararda · narraad · narradda · narrdaa · nnarrada · nrarada
  • narrador ← anrrador · narador · narardor · narraddor · narradorr · narradro · narraodr · narrdaor

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "narrada" for "narrador" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "narrada" is a participle and "narrador" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "narrada" or "narrador"?
"narrador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,091 in our Spanish list, against #36,179 for "narrada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "narrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "narrador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #120,998 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "narrada" and "narrador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "narrada vs narradora". 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 #120,998 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