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

#32,828
“proporcionadas” frequency rank
#22,829
“proporcionados” frequency rank
55657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes proporcionadas and proporcionados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. proporcionadas and proporcionados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

14 ch
proporcionadas
14 ch
proporcionados

Look-alike desk: proporcionadas vs proporcionados

A purely visual mix-up. proporcionadas ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞as]) and proporcionados ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “proporcionadas” becomes o in “proporcionados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proporcionadas is recorded at frequency rank #32,828, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞as]. proporcionados is at rank #22,829, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞os].

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 55657, this pair ranks #77,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of proporcionadas vs proporcionados

Shared letters: acdinoprs. Private to "proporcionadas": -. Private to "proporcionados": -.

"proporcionadas" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCVC  ·  "proporcionados" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proporcionadas ← porporcionadas · pproporcionadas · prooprcionadas · propocrionadas · proporccionadas · proporcinoadas · proporcioandas · proporcionaads
  • proporcionados ← porporcionados · pproporcionados · prooprcionados · propocrionados · proporccionados · proporcinoados · proporcioandos · proporcionaddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "proporcionadas" and "proporcionados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞as] versus [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "proporcionadas" or "proporcionados"?
"proporcionados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,829 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "proporcionadas" and "proporcionados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proporcionadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proporcionados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proporcionadas" and "proporcionados" 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 #77,926 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