Which to use
“opina” is a verb and “opinado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,436
- “opina” frequency rank
- #47,967
- “opinado” frequency rank
- 54403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opina | opinado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de opinar. | Con los adverbios bien o mal se aplica a la persona de quien se tiene buena o mala opinión.. |
Where the eye mixes opina and opinado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. opina runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against opinado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between opina and opinado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: opina is [oˈpina] while opinado is [opiˈnað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “opina” sits inside “opinado”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opina is recorded at frequency rank #6,436, classified as averb, pronounced [oˈpina]. opinado is at rank #47,967, tagged as anadj, pronounced [opiˈnað̞o].
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 54403, this pair ranks #83,479 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of opina vs opinado
Shared letters: ainop. Private to "opina": -. Private to "opinado": d.
"opina" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "opinado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "opina" for "opinado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "opina" vs "opinado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "opina" and "opinado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "opina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opinado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,479 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opina" and "opinado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opinado vs oxidado". 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 #83,479 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.