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Which to use

“proporcionada” and “proporcionadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,958
“proporcionada” frequency rank
#32,828
“proporcionadas” frequency rank
49786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proporcionada proporcionadas
Definition Forma del femenino de proporcionado. Forma del femenino plural de proporcionado.

Where the eye mixes proporcionada and proporcionadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. proporcionada runs 13 letters (CCVCVCCVVCVCV) against proporcionadas's 14 (CCVCVCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
proporcionada
14 ch
proporcionadas

Why the eye confuses proporcionada with proporcionadas

A purely visual mix-up. proporcionada ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞a]) and proporcionadas ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “proporcionada” sits inside “proporcionadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proporcionada is recorded at frequency rank #16,958, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞a]. proporcionadas is at rank #32,828, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞as].

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 49786, this pair ranks #106,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of proporcionada vs proporcionadas

Shared letters: acdinopr. Private to "proporcionada": -. Private to "proporcionadas": s.

"proporcionada" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCV  ·  "proporcionadas" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proporcionadaporporcionada · pproporcionada · prooprcionada · propocrionada · proporccionada · proporcinoada · proporcioanda · proporcionaad
  • proporcionadasporporcionadas · pproporcionadas · prooprcionadas · propocrionadas · proporccionadas · proporcinoadas · proporcioandas · proporcionaads

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "proporcionada" and "proporcionadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞a] versus [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "proporcionada" or "proporcionadas" show up more?
"proporcionada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,958 in our Spanish list, against #32,828 for "proporcionadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "proporcionada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proporcionadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proporcionada" and "proporcionadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proporcionaba vs proporcionadas". 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 #106,835 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