Which to use
“pregunta” is a noun and “preguntado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #491
- “pregunta” frequency rank
- #5,874
- “preguntado” frequency rank
- 6365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pregunta | preguntado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Locución o enunciación que solicita del interlocutor alguna información a modo de respuesta | Participio de preguntar. |
Where the eye mixes pregunta and preguntado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. pregunta runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against preguntado's 10 (CCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pregunta and preguntado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pregunta is [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a] while preguntado is [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “pregunta” sits inside “preguntado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pregunta is recorded at frequency rank #491, classified as anoun, pronounced [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a]. preguntado is at rank #5,874, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪að̞o].
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 6365, this pair ranks #310,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pregunta vs preguntado
Shared letters: aegnprtu. Private to "pregunta": -. Private to "preguntado": do.
"pregunta" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "preguntado" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pregunta ← pergunta · ppregunta · preggunta · pregnuta · pregunat · pregunnta · preguntta · pregutna
- preguntado ← perguntado · ppreguntado · pregguntado · pregnutado · pregunatdo · pregunntado · preguntaddo · preguntaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pregunta" for "preguntado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pregunta" or "preguntado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pregunta" and "preguntado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pregunta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "preguntado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pregunta" and "preguntado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "preguntado vs preguntará". 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 #310,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.