planificadavsplanificadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: planificada is a participle, planificado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“planificada” is a participle and “planificado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,545
“planificada” frequency rank
#21,110
“planificado” frequency rank
44655
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature planificada planificado
Definition Forma del femenino de planificado, participio de planificar. Participio de planificar.

Where the eye mixes planificada and planificado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. planificada and planificado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
planificada
11 ch
planificado

Why the eye confuses planificada with planificado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: planificada is [planifiˈkað̞a] while planificado is [planifiˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “planificada” becomes o in “planificado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

planificada is recorded at frequency rank #23,545, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [planifiˈkað̞a]. planificado is at rank #21,110, tagged as averb, pronounced [planifiˈkað̞o].

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 44655, this pair ranks #135,856 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of planificada vs planificado

Shared letters: acdfilnp. Private to "planificada": -. Private to "planificado": o.

"planificada" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCV  ·  "planificado" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • planificada ← lpanificada · palnificada · plainficada · planfiicada · planifciada · planifficada · planifiacda · planificaad
  • planificado ← lpanificado · palnificado · plainficado · planfiicado · planifciado · planifficado · planifiacdo · planificaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "planificada" and "planificado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "planificada" is a participle and "planificado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "planificada" or "planificado" show up more?
"planificado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,110 in our Spanish list, against #23,545 for "planificada". 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 "planificada" and "planificado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "planificada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "planificado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #135,856 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "planificada" and "planificado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planificada vs planificadas". 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 #135,856 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