tajadavstrazadaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“tajada” and “trazada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,896
“tajada” frequency rank
#40,579
“trazada” frequency rank
73475
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tajada trazada
Definition Forma del femenino de tajado, participio de tajar. Forma del femenino de trazado, participio de trazar.

Where the eye mixes tajada and trazada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tajada runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against trazada's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
tajada
7 ch
trazada

Why the eye confuses tajada with trazada

A purely visual mix-up. tajada ([t̪aˈxað̞a]) and trazada ([t̪ɾaˈsað̞a]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tajada is recorded at frequency rank #32,896, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪aˈxað̞a]. trazada is at rank #40,579, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈsað̞a].

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 73475, this pair ranks #23,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tajada vs trazada

Shared letters: adt. Private to "tajada": j. Private to "trazada": rz.

"tajada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "trazada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tajada ← atjada · taajda · tajaad · tajadda · tajdaa · tajjada · tjaada · ttajada
  • trazada ← rtazada · tarzada · traazda · trazaad · trazadda · trazdaa · trazzada · trrazada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tajada" for "trazada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪aˈxað̞a] versus [t̪ɾaˈsað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tajada" or "trazada"?
"tajada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,896 in our Spanish list, against #40,579 for "trazada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tajada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trazada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tajada" and "trazada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trazada vs trazadas". 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 #23,213 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