supervisadavssupervisadoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#48,717
“supervisada” frequency rank
#38,408
“supervisado” frequency rank
87125
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supervisada supervisado
Definition Forma del femenino de supervisado, participio de supervisar. Participio de supervisar.

Where the eye mixes supervisada and supervisado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. supervisada and supervisado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
supervisada
11 ch
supervisado

Visual trap between supervisada and supervisado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supervisada is [supeɾβ̞iˈsað̞a] while supervisado is [supeɾβ̞iˈsað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “supervisada” becomes o in “supervisado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

supervisada is recorded at frequency rank #48,717, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [supeɾβ̞iˈsað̞a]. supervisado is at rank #38,408, tagged as averb, pronounced [supeɾβ̞iˈsað̞o].

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 87125, this pair ranks #4,735 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of supervisada vs supervisado

Shared letters: adeiprsuv. Private to "supervisada": -. Private to "supervisado": o.

"supervisada" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCV  ·  "supervisado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • supervisada ← spuervisada · ssupervisada · sueprvisada · superbisada · superivsada · superrvisada · superviasda · supervisaad
  • supervisado ← spuervisado · ssupervisado · sueprvisado · superbisado · superivsado · superrvisado · superviasdo · supervisaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "supervisada" and "supervisado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "supervisada" is a participle and "supervisado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "supervisada" or "supervisado" show up more?
"supervisado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,408 in our Spanish list, against #48,717 for "supervisada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "supervisada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supervisado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,735 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supervisada" and "supervisado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supervisada vs supervisando". 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 #4,735 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