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

#25,469
“tentador” frequency rank
#42,722
“tentadora” frequency rank
68191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tentador tentadora
Definition Que incita deseo o induce; que tienta o provoca la tentación. Forma del femenino de tentador.

Where the eye mixes tentador and tentadora

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. tentador runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against tentadora's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
tentador
9 ch
tentadora

Look-alike desk: tentador vs tentadora

A purely visual mix-up. tentador ([t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈð̞oɾ]) and tentadora ([t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈð̞oɾa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “tentador” sits inside “tentadora”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tentador is recorded at frequency rank #25,469, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈð̞oɾ]. tentadora is at rank #42,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈð̞oɾa].

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 68191, this pair ranks #35,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tentador vs tentadora

Shared letters: adenort. Private to "tentador": -. Private to "tentadora": -.

"tentador" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "tentadora" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tentador ← etntador · tenatdor · tenntador · tentaddor · tentadorr · tentadro · tentaodr · tentdaor
  • tentadora ← etntadora · tenatdora · tenntadora · tentaddora · tentadoar · tentadorra · tentadroa · tentaodra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tentador" for "tentadora" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈð̞oɾ] versus [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈð̞oɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tentador" or "tentadora"?
"tentador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,469 in our Spanish list, against #42,722 for "tentadora". 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 "tentador" and "tentadora" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tentador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tentadora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tentador" and "tentadora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tentadora vs tostadora". 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 #35,130 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