sudadovssumadoTell them apart

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.

6 ch
sudado
6 ch
sumado

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

  • sudado ← sduado · ssudado · suaddo · sudaddo · sudaod · suddado · suddao · usdado
  • sumado ← smuado · ssumado · suamdo · sumaddo · sumaod · sumdao · summado · usmado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sudado" and "sumado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([suˈð̞að̞o] versus [suˈmað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sudado" or "sumado"?
"sumado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,735 in our Spanish list, against #48,712 for "sudado". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list