registrabavsregistradasTell them apart

Quick tell: registraba is a verb, registradas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“registraba” is a verb and “registradas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,506
“registraba” frequency rank
#11,852
“registradas” frequency rank
52358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registraba registradas
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de registrar o de registrarse. Forma del femenino plural de registrado, participio de registrar o de registrarse.

Where the eye mixes registraba and registradas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. registraba runs 10 letters (CVCVCCCVCV) against registradas's 11 (CVCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
registraba
11 ch
registradas

Visual trap between registraba and registradas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: registraba is [rexisˈt̪ɾaβ̞a] while registradas is [rexisˈt̪ɾað̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registraba is recorded at frequency rank #40,506, classified as averb, pronounced [rexisˈt̪ɾaβ̞a]. registradas is at rank #11,852, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rexisˈt̪ɾað̞as].

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 52358, this pair ranks #93,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registraba vs registradas

Shared letters: aegirst. Private to "registraba": b. Private to "registradas": d.

"registraba" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCV  ·  "registradas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registraba ← ergistraba · reggistraba · regisrtaba · regisstraba · registarba · registraab · registrabba · registrava
  • registradas ← ergistradas · reggistradas · regisrtadas · regisstradas · registardas · registraads · registradass · registraddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "registraba" and "registradas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "registraba" is a verb and "registradas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "registraba" or "registradas" show up more?
"registradas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,852 in our Spanish list, against #40,506 for "registraba". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "registraba" and "registradas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "registraba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "registradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registraba" and "registradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "registraba vs registran". 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 #93,097 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