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

#17,804
“reguladora” frequency rank
#35,722
“reguladoras” frequency rank
53526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reguladora reguladoras
Definition Forma del femenino de regulador. Forma del femenino plural de regulador.

Where the eye mixes reguladora and reguladoras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. reguladora runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against reguladoras's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
reguladora
11 ch
reguladoras

Visual trap between reguladora and reguladoras

A purely visual mix-up. reguladora ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾa]) and reguladoras ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾas]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “reguladora” sits inside “reguladoras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reguladora is recorded at frequency rank #17,804, classified as anadj, pronounced [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾa]. reguladoras is at rank #35,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾas].

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 53526, this pair ranks #87,451 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reguladora vs reguladoras

Shared letters: adegloru. Private to "reguladora": -. Private to "reguladoras": s.

"reguladora" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "reguladoras" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reguladoraerguladora · regguladora · regluadora · regualdora · reguladdora · reguladoar · reguladorra · reguladroa
  • reguladoraserguladoras · regguladoras · regluadoras · regualdoras · reguladdoras · reguladoars · reguladorass · reguladorras

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reguladora" for "reguladoras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾa] versus [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reguladora" or "reguladoras"?
"reguladora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,804 in our Spanish list, against #35,722 for "reguladoras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reguladora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reguladoras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,451 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reguladora" and "reguladoras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reguladas vs reguladoras". 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 #87,451 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