Which to use
“provocado” is a verb and “provocados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,215
- “provocado” frequency rank
- #22,472
- “provocados” frequency rank
- 29687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provocado | provocados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de provocar. | Forma del plural de provocado, participio de provocar. |
Where the eye mixes provocado and provocados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between provocado and provocados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: provocado is [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞o] while provocados is [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “provocado” sits inside “provocados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provocado is recorded at frequency rank #7,215, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾoβ̞oˈkað̞o]. 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 29687, this pair ranks #215,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provocado vs provocados
Shared letters: acdoprv. Private to "provocado": -. Private to "provocados": s.
"provocado" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "provocados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provocado ← porvocado · pprovocado · probocado · proovcado · provcoado · provoacdo · provocaddo · provocaod
- provocados ← porvocados · pprovocados · probocados · proovcados · provcoados · provoacdos · provocaddos · provocadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "provocado" and "provocados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "provocado" vs "provocados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "provocado" and "provocados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "provocado" 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 #215,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provocado" 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 #215,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.