suministradavssuministrandoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: suministrada is a participle, suministrando is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“suministrada” is a participle and “suministrando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,265
“suministrada” frequency rank
#49,296
“suministrando” frequency rank
84561
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suministrada suministrando
Definition Forma del femenino de suministrado, participio de suministrar. Gerundio de suministrar.

Where the eye mixes suministrada and suministrando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. suministrada runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCCCVCV) against suministrando's 13 (CVCVCVCCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
suministrada
13 ch
suministrando

Visual trap between suministrada and suministrando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suministrada is [suminisˈt̪ɾað̞a] while suministrando is [suminisˈt̪ɾãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suministrada is recorded at frequency rank #35,265, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [suminisˈt̪ɾað̞a]. suministrando is at rank #49,296, tagged as averb, pronounced [suminisˈt̪ɾãn̪d̪o].

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 84561, this pair ranks #6,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suministrada vs suministrando

Shared letters: adimnrstu. Private to "suministrada": -. Private to "suministrando": o.

"suministrada" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCCVCV  ·  "suministrando" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVCCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suministrada ← smuinistrada · ssuministrada · suimnistrada · sumiinstrada · suminisrtada · suminisstrada · suministarda · suministraad
  • suministrando ← smuinistrando · ssuministrando · suimnistrando · sumiinstrando · suminisrtando · suminisstrando · suministarndo · suministradno

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suministrada" for "suministrando" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suministrada" is a participle and "suministrando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "suministrada" or "suministrando"?
"suministrada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,265 in our Spanish list, against #49,296 for "suministrando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "suministrada" and "suministrando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suministrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suministrando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suministrada" and "suministrando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suministran vs suministrando". 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 #6,940 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