proporcionadovsproporcionadosTell them apart

Quick tell: proporcionado is a adjective, proporcionados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“proporcionado” is an adjective and “proporcionados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,034
“proporcionado” frequency rank
#22,829
“proporcionados” frequency rank
34863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proporcionado proporcionados
Definition Dispuesto, competente o apto para lo que es menester. Forma del plural de proporcionado.

Where the eye mixes proporcionado and proporcionados

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

13 ch
proporcionado
14 ch
proporcionados

Visual trap between proporcionado and proporcionados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: proporcionado is [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞o] while proporcionados is [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “proporcionado” sits inside “proporcionados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proporcionado is recorded at frequency rank #12,034, classified as anadj, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞o]. 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 34863, this pair ranks #189,143 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of proporcionado vs proporcionados

Shared letters: acdinopr. Private to "proporcionado": -. Private to "proporcionados": s.

"proporcionado" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCV  ·  "proporcionados" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proporcionadoporporcionado · pproporcionado · prooprcionado · propocrionado · proporccionado · proporcinoado · proporcioando · proporcionaddo
  • proporcionadosporporcionados · pproporcionados · prooprcionados · propocrionados · proporccionados · proporcinoados · proporcioandos · proporcionaddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "proporcionado" and "proporcionados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "proporcionado" is an adjective and "proporcionados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "proporcionado" or "proporcionados" show up more?
"proporcionado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,034 in our Spanish list, against #22,829 for "proporcionados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proporcionado" 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 #189,143 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proporcionado" and "proporcionados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proporcionados vs proporcionaron". 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 #189,143 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