robadovsrogadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,041
“robado” frequency rank
#48,063
“rogado” frequency rank
53104
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature robado rogado
Definition Participio de robar. Participio de rogar.

Where the eye mixes robado and rogado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
robado
6 ch
rogado

Visual trap between robado and rogado

A purely visual mix-up. robado ([roˈβ̞að̞o]) and rogado ([roˈɣ̞að̞o]) 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 - b in “robado” becomes g in “rogado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

robado is recorded at frequency rank #5,041, classified as averb, pronounced [roˈβ̞að̞o]. rogado is at rank #48,063, tagged as averb, pronounced [roˈɣ̞að̞o].

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 53104, this pair ranks #89,491 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of robado vs rogado

Shared letters: ador. Private to "robado": b. Private to "rogado": g.

"robado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rogado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • robadoorbado · rboado · roabdo · robaddo · robaod · robbado · robdao · rovado
  • rogadoorgado · rgoado · roagdo · rogaddo · rogaod · rogdao · roggado · rrogado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "robado" and "rogado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([roˈβ̞að̞o] versus [roˈɣ̞að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "robado" or "rogado" show up more?
"robado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,041 in our Spanish list, against #48,063 for "rogado". 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 "robado" and "rogado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "robado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rogado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,491 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "robado" and "rogado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regado vs rogado". 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 #89,491 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