registradorvsregistradosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#33,818
“registrador” frequency rank
#7,622
“registrados” frequency rank
41440
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes registrador and registrados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. registrador 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
registrador
11 ch
registrados

Why the eye confuses registrador with registrados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: registrador is [rexist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ] while registrados is [rexisˈt̪ɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “registrador” becomes s in “registrados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registrador is recorded at frequency rank #33,818, classified as anadj, pronounced [rexist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ]. 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 41440, this pair ranks #153,610 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registrador vs registrados

Shared letters: adegiorst. Private to "registrador": -. Private to "registrados": -.

"registrador" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "registrados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registrador ← ergistrador · reggistrador · regisrtador · regisstrador · registardor · registraddor · registradorr · registradro
  • registrados ← ergistrados · reggistrados · regisrtados · regisstrados · registardos · registraddos · registradoss · registradso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "registrador" and "registrados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "registrador" is an adjective and "registrados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "registrador" vs "registrados" - which ranks higher?
"registrados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,622 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.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "registrador" 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 #153,610 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registrador" and "registrados" 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 #153,610 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