opinadovsopinoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: opinado is a adjective, opino is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“opinado” is an adjective and “opino” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,967
“opinado” frequency rank
#13,753
“opino” frequency rank
61720
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature opinado opino
Definition Con los adverbios bien o mal se aplica a la persona de quien se tiene buena o mala opinión.. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de opinar.

Where the eye mixes opinado and opino

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. opinado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against opino's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
opinado
5 ch
opino

Visual trap between opinado and opino

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: opinado is [opiˈnað̞o] while opino is [oˈpino]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

opinado is recorded at frequency rank #47,967, classified as anadj, pronounced [opiˈnað̞o]. opino is at rank #13,753, tagged as averb, pronounced [oˈpino].

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 61720, this pair ranks #54,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of opinado vs opino

Shared letters: inop. Private to "opinado": ad. Private to "opino": -.

"opinado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "opino" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • opinado ← oipnado · opiando · opinaddo · opinaod · opindao · opniado · oppinado · poinado
  • opino ← oipno · opinno · opion · opnio · oppino · poino

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "opinado" for "opino" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "opinado" is an adjective and "opino" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "opinado" vs "opino" - which ranks higher?
"opino" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,753 in our Spanish list, against #47,967 for "opinado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "opinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "opino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "opinado" and "opino" 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 #54,459 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