Which to use
“perturbada” is a participle and “perturbado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,922
- “perturbada” frequency rank
- #31,488
- “perturbado” frequency rank
- 76410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perturbada | perturbado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de perturbado, participio de perturbar. | Participio de perturbar. |
Where the eye mixes perturbada and perturbado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. perturbada and perturbado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between perturbada and perturbado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: perturbada is [peɾt̪uɾˈβ̞að̞a] while perturbado is [peɾt̪uɾˈβ̞að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “perturbada” becomes o in “perturbado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perturbada is recorded at frequency rank #44,922, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾt̪uɾˈβ̞að̞a]. perturbado is at rank #31,488, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾt̪uɾˈβ̞að̞o].
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 76410, this pair ranks #17,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of perturbada vs perturbado
Shared letters: abdeprtu. Private to "perturbada": -. Private to "perturbado": o.
"perturbada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "perturbado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perturbada ← eprturbada · perrturbada · pertrubada · pertturbada · pertubrada · perturabda · perturbaad · perturbadda
- perturbado ← eprturbado · perrturbado · pertrubado · pertturbado · pertubrado · perturabdo · perturbaddo · perturbaod
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "perturbada" vs "perturbado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "perturbada" and "perturbado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "perturbada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perturbado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perturbada" and "perturbado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perturbada vs perturbadora". 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 #17,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.