Which to use
“regulador” is an adjective and “regulados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,337
- “regulador” frequency rank
- #21,815
- “regulados” frequency rank
- 35152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regulador | regulados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que regula. | Forma del plural de regulado, participio de regular. |
Where the eye mixes regulador and regulados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regulador and regulados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between regulador and regulados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regulador is [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾ] while regulados is [reɣ̞uˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “regulador” becomes s in “regulados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35152, 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]. regulados is at rank #21,815, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reɣ̞uˈlað̞os].
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 35152, this pair ranks #187,630 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regulador vs regulados
Shared letters: adegloru. Private to "regulador": -. Private to "regulados": s.
"regulador" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "regulados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regulador" and "regulados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "regulador" vs "regulados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regulador" and "regulados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regulador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regulados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,630 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regulador" and "regulados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regulados vs regulando". 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 #187,630 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.