Which to use
“reguladas” is a participle and “regulares” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,642
- “reguladas” frequency rank
- #8,175
- “regulares” frequency rank
- 38817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reguladas | regulares |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de regulado, participio de regular. | Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de subjuntivo de regular. |
Where the eye mixes reguladas and regulares
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. reguladas and regulares follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: reguladas vs regulares
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reguladas is [reɣ̞uˈlað̞as] while regulares is [reɣ̞uˈlaɾes]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38817, 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]. regulares is at rank #8,175, tagged as averb, pronounced [reɣ̞uˈlaɾes].
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 38817, this pair ranks #167,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reguladas vs regulares
Shared letters: aeglrsu. Private to "reguladas": d. Private to "regulares": -.
"reguladas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "regulares" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reguladas" and "regulares" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reguladas" or "regulares" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reguladas" and "regulares" 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 "regulares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reguladas" and "regulares" 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 #167,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.