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Which to use

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

#15,696
“provocada” frequency rank
#25,417
“provocadas” frequency rank
41113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature provocada provocadas
Definition Forma del femenino de provocado, participio de provocar. Forma del femenino plural de provocado, participio de provocar.

Where the eye mixes provocada and provocadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. provocada runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against provocadas's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
provocada
10 ch
provocadas

Why the eye confuses provocada with provocadas

A purely visual mix-up. provocada ([pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞a]) and provocadas ([pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞as]) 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) - “provocada” sits inside “provocadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

provocada is recorded at frequency rank #15,696, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞a]. provocadas is at rank #25,417, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞as].

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 41113, this pair ranks #155,455 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of provocada vs provocadas

Shared letters: acdoprv. Private to "provocada": -. Private to "provocadas": s.

"provocada" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "provocadas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • provocada ← porvocada · pprovocada · probocada · proovcada · provcoada · provoacda · provocaad · provocadda
  • provocadas ← porvocadas · pprovocadas · probocadas · proovcadas · provcoadas · provoacdas · provocaads · provocadass

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "provocada" for "provocadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞a] versus [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "provocada" or "provocadas"?
"provocada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,696 in our Spanish list, against #25,417 for "provocadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "provocada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "provocadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,455 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "provocada" and "provocadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provocadas vs provocador". 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 #155,455 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