reguladorasvsreguladoresWhat's the difference?

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

#35,722
“reguladoras” frequency rank
#21,469
“reguladores” frequency rank
57191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes reguladoras and reguladores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. reguladoras and reguladores follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
reguladoras
11 ch
reguladores

Look-alike desk: reguladoras vs reguladores

A purely visual mix-up. reguladoras ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾas]) 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 a single letter - a in “reguladoras” becomes e in “reguladores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reguladoras is recorded at frequency rank #35,722, classified as anadj, pronounced [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾas]. 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 57191, this pair ranks #71,485 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reguladoras vs reguladores

Shared letters: adeglorsu. Private to "reguladoras": -. Private to "reguladores": -.

"reguladoras" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "reguladores" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reguladoraserguladoras · regguladoras · regluadoras · regualdoras · reguladdoras · reguladoars · reguladorass · reguladorras
  • reguladoreserguladores · regguladores · regluadores · regualdores · reguladdores · reguladoers · reguladoress · reguladorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reguladoras" and "reguladores" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾas] versus [reɣ̞ulaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reguladoras" or "reguladores"?
"reguladores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,469 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

Eye-level mix-up between "reguladoras" and "reguladores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reguladoras" 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 #71,485 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reguladoras" 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 #71,485 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