Which to use
“sudado” and “sumado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,712
- “sudado” frequency rank
- #9,735
- “sumado” frequency rank
- 58447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sudado | sumado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de sudar. | Participio de sumar. |
Where the eye mixes sudado and sumado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sudado and sumado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between sudado and sumado
A purely visual mix-up. sudado ([suˈð̞að̞o]) and sumado ([suˈmað̞o]) 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 - d in “sudado” becomes m in “sumado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58447, 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]. sumado is at rank #9,735, tagged as averb, pronounced [suˈmað̞o].
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 58447, this pair ranks #66,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sudado vs sumado
Shared letters: adosu. Private to "sudado": -. Private to "sumado": m.
"sudado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "sumado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sudado" and "sumado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sudado" or "sumado"?
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 "sudado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sumado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sudado" and "sumado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sudado vs sumada". 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 #66,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.