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

#13,337
“regulador” frequency rank
#21,469
“reguladores” frequency rank
34806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regulador reguladores
Definition Que regula. Forma del plural de regulador.

Where the eye mixes regulador and reguladores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. regulador runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against reguladores's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
regulador
11 ch
reguladores

Look-alike desk: regulador vs reguladores

A purely visual mix-up. regulador ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾ]) and reguladores ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾes]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “regulador” sits inside “reguladores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regulador is recorded at frequency rank #13,337, classified as anadj, pronounced [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾ]. reguladores is at rank #21,469, tagged as anadj, pronounced [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾes].

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 34806, this pair ranks #189,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regulador vs reguladores

Shared letters: adegloru. Private to "regulador": -. Private to "reguladores": s.

"regulador" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "reguladores" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regulador ← ergulador · reggulador · regluador · regualdor · reguladdor · reguladorr · reguladro · regulaodr
  • reguladores ← erguladores · regguladores · regluadores · regualdores · reguladdores · reguladoers · reguladoress · reguladorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regulador" and "reguladores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾ] versus [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regulador" vs "reguladores" - which ranks higher?
"regulador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,337 in our Spanish list, against #21,469 for "reguladores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regulador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reguladores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regulador" and "reguladores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reguladores vs reveladores". 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 #189,483 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