# tardado vs tardando

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### tardado
*verb · IPA [t̪aɾˈð̞að̞o] · frequency rank #16,464*
Participio de tardar.

### tardando
*verb · IPA [t̪aɾˈð̞ãn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #26,253*
Gerundio de tardar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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