remuneradasvsremuneradoTell them apart

Quick tell: remuneradas is a participle, remunerado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remuneradas” is a participle and “remunerado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,785
“remuneradas” frequency rank
#22,489
“remunerado” frequency rank
69274
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remuneradas remunerado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de remunerado, participio de remunerar. Participio de remunerar.

Where the eye mixes remuneradas and remunerado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. remuneradas runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVCVC) against remunerado's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
remuneradas
10 ch
remunerado

Why the eye confuses remuneradas with remunerado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remuneradas is [remuneˈɾað̞as] while remunerado is [remuneˈɾað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remuneradas is recorded at frequency rank #46,785, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [remuneˈɾað̞as]. remunerado is at rank #22,489, tagged as averb, pronounced [remuneˈɾað̞o].

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 69274, this pair ranks #32,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remuneradas vs remunerado

Shared letters: ademnru. Private to "remuneradas": s. Private to "remunerado": o.

"remuneradas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "remunerado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remuneradas ← ermuneradas · remmuneradas · remnueradas · remuenradas · remuneardas · remuneraads · remuneradass · remuneraddas
  • remunerado ← ermunerado · remmunerado · remnuerado · remuenrado · remuneardo · remuneraddo · remuneraod · remunerdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remuneradas" for "remunerado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remuneradas" is a participle and "remunerado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "remuneradas" vs "remunerado" - which ranks higher?
"remunerado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,489 in our Spanish list, against #46,785 for "remuneradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remuneradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remunerado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remuneradas" and "remunerado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recuperadas vs remuneradas". 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 #32,367 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