Which to use
“proporcionada” is a participle and “proporcionado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,958
- “proporcionada” frequency rank
- #12,034
- “proporcionado” frequency rank
- 28992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proporcionada | proporcionado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de proporcionado. | Dispuesto, competente o apto para lo que es menester. |
Where the eye mixes proporcionada and proporcionado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. proporcionada and proporcionado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: proporcionada vs proporcionado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: proporcionada is [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞a] while proporcionado is [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “proporcionada” becomes o in “proporcionado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28992, 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]. proporcionado is at rank #12,034, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞o].
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 28992, this pair ranks #219,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of proporcionada vs proporcionado
Shared letters: acdinopr. Private to "proporcionada": -. Private to "proporcionado": -.
"proporcionada" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCV · "proporcionado" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- proporcionada ← porporcionada · pproporcionada · prooprcionada · propocrionada · proporccionada · proporcinoada · proporcioanda · proporcionaad
- proporcionado ← porporcionado · pproporcionado · prooprcionado · propocrionado · proporccionado · proporcinoado · proporcioando · proporcionaddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "proporcionada" and "proporcionado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "proporcionada" vs "proporcionado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "proporcionada" and "proporcionado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "proporcionada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proporcionado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proporcionada" and "proporcionado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proporcionada 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 #219,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.