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

#23,945
“sembrado” frequency rank
#34,777
“sembró” frequency rank
58722
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sembrado sembró
Definition Participio de sembrar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sembrar.

Where the eye mixes sembrado and sembró

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

8 ch
sembrado
6 ch
sembró

Look-alike desk: sembrado vs sembró

A purely visual mix-up. sembrado ([sẽmˈbɾað̞o]) and sembró ([sẽmˈbɾo]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sembrado is recorded at frequency rank #23,945, classified as averb, pronounced [sẽmˈbɾað̞o]. sembró is at rank #34,777, tagged as averb, pronounced [sẽmˈbɾo].

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 58722, this pair ranks #65,388 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sembrado vs sembró

Shared letters: bemrs. Private to "sembrado": ado. Private to "sembró": ó.

"sembrado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "sembró" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sembradocembrado · esmbrado · sebmrado · sembardo · sembbrado · sembraddo · sembraod · sembrdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sembrado" and "sembró" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([sẽmˈbɾað̞o] versus [sẽmˈbɾo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sembrado" vs "sembró" - which ranks higher?
"sembrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,945 in our Spanish list, against #34,777 for "sembró". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sembrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sembró" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,388 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sembrado" and "sembró" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sembró vs separo". 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 #65,388 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