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

#15,696
“provocada” frequency rank
#22,472
“provocados” frequency rank
38168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes provocada and provocados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. provocada runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against provocados's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
provocada
10 ch
provocados

Why the eye confuses provocada with provocados

A purely visual mix-up. provocada ([pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞a]) and provocados ([pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38168, 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]. provocados is at rank #22,472, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞os].

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 38168, this pair ranks #171,474 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of provocada vs provocados

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • provocada ← porvocada · pprovocada · probocada · proovcada · provcoada · provoacda · provocaad · provocadda
  • provocados ← porvocados · pprovocados · probocados · proovcados · provcoados · provoacdos · provocaddos · provocadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "provocada" and "provocados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞a] versus [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "provocada" or "provocados"?
"provocada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,696 in our Spanish list, against #22,472 for "provocados". 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 "provocada" and "provocados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "provocada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "provocados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171,474 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "provocada" and "provocados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provocador vs provocados". 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 #171,474 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