registradasvsregistradorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: registradas is a participle, registrador is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,852
“registradas” frequency rank
#33,818
“registrador” frequency rank
45670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registradas registrador
Definition Forma del femenino plural de registrado, participio de registrar o de registrarse. Que registra.

Where the eye mixes registradas and registrador

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. registradas and registrador follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
registradas
11 ch
registrador

Look-alike desk: registradas vs registrador

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: registradas is [rexisˈt̪ɾað̞as] while registrador is [rexist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ]. 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 45670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registradas is recorded at frequency rank #11,852, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rexisˈt̪ɾað̞as]. registrador is at rank #33,818, tagged as anadj, pronounced [rexist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ].

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 45670, this pair ranks #130,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registradas vs registrador

Shared letters: adegirst. Private to "registradas": -. Private to "registrador": o.

"registradas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "registrador" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registradas ← ergistradas · reggistradas · regisrtadas · regisstradas · registardas · registraads · registradass · registraddas
  • registrador ← ergistrador · reggistrador · regisrtador · regisstrador · registardor · registraddor · registradorr · registradro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "registradas" and "registrador" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "registradas" is a participle and "registrador" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "registradas" vs "registrador" - which ranks higher?
"registradas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,852 in our Spanish list, against #33,818 for "registrador". 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 "registradas" and "registrador" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "registradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "registrador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #130,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registradas" and "registrador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "registrador vs registradores". 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 #130,100 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