Which to use
“sudado” is a verb and “sumada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,712
- “sudado” frequency rank
- #42,713
- “sumada” frequency rank
- 91425
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sudado | sumada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de sudar. | Forma del femenino de sumado, participio de sumar. |
Where the eye mixes sudado and sumada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between sudado and sumada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sudado is [suˈð̞að̞o] while sumada is [suˈmað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sudado is recorded at frequency rank #48,712, classified as averb, pronounced [suˈð̞að̞o]. sumada is at rank #42,713, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [suˈmað̞a].
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 91425, this pair ranks #1,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sudado vs sumada
Shared letters: adsu. Private to "sudado": o. Private to "sumada": m.
"sudado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "sumada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sudado" and "sumada" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sudado" vs "sumada" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sudado" and "sumada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sudado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sumada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sudado" and "sumada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saludado vs sudado". 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 #1,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.