registradasvsregistradosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,852
“registradas” frequency rank
#7,622
“registrados” frequency rank
19474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registradas registrados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de registrado, participio de registrar o de registrarse. Forma del plural de registrado, participio de registrar o de registrarse.

Where the eye mixes registradas and registrados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. registradas and registrados 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
registrados

Why the eye confuses registradas with registrados

A purely visual mix-up. registradas ([rexisˈt̪ɾað̞as]) and registrados ([rexisˈt̪ɾað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “registradas” becomes o in “registrados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19474, 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]. registrados is at rank #7,622, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rexisˈt̪ɾað̞os].

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 19474, this pair ranks #263,599 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of registradas vs registrados

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

"registradas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "registrados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registradas ← ergistradas · reggistradas · regisrtadas · regisstradas · registardas · registraads · registradass · registraddas
  • registrados ← ergistrados · reggistrados · regisrtados · regisstrados · registardos · registraddos · registradoss · registradso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "registradas" for "registrados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rexisˈt̪ɾað̞as] versus [rexisˈt̪ɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "registradas" or "registrados"?
"registrados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,622 in our Spanish list, against #11,852 for "registradas". 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 "registradas" and "registrados" 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 "registrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #263,599 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registradas" and "registrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "registraba vs registradas". 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 #263,599 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