Which to use
“reguladas” is a participle and “regulador” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,642
- “reguladas” frequency rank
- #13,337
- “regulador” frequency rank
- 43979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reguladas | regulador |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de regulado, participio de regular. | Que regula. |
Where the eye mixes reguladas and regulador
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. reguladas and regulador follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between reguladas and regulador
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reguladas is [reɣ̞uˈlað̞as] while regulador is [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾ]. 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 43979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reguladas is recorded at frequency rank #30,642, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reɣ̞uˈlað̞as]. regulador is at rank #13,337, tagged as anadj, pronounced [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾ].
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 43979, this pair ranks #139,594 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reguladas vs regulador
Shared letters: adeglru. Private to "reguladas": s. Private to "regulador": o.
"reguladas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "regulador" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reguladas" for "regulador" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reguladas" or "regulador"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reguladas" and "regulador" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reguladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regulador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,594 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reguladas" and "regulador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reguladas vs reveladas". 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 #139,594 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.