Which to use
“proporcionados” is a participle and “proporcionales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,829
- “proporcionados” frequency rank
- #30,204
- “proporcionales” frequency rank
- 53033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proporcionados | proporcionales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de proporcionado. | Forma del plural de proporcional. |
Where the eye mixes proporcionados and proporcionales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. proporcionados and proporcionales follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses proporcionados with proporcionales
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: proporcionados is [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞os] while proporcionales is [pɾopoɾsjoˈnales]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proporcionados is recorded at frequency rank #22,829, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnað̞os]. proporcionales is at rank #30,204, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnales].
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 53033, this pair ranks #89,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of proporcionados vs proporcionales
Shared letters: acinoprs. Private to "proporcionados": d. Private to "proporcionales": el.
"proporcionados" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCVC · "proporcionales" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- proporcionados ← porporcionados · pproporcionados · prooprcionados · propocrionados · proporccionados · proporcinoados · proporcioandos · proporcionaddos
- proporcionales ← porporcionales · pproporcionales · prooprcionales · propocrionales · proporccionales · proporcinoales · proporcioanles · proporcionaels
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "proporcionados" and "proporcionales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "proporcionados" or "proporcionales" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "proporcionados" and "proporcionales" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "proporcionados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proporcionales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proporcionados" and "proporcionales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proporcionadas vs proporcionales". 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 #89,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.