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

#21,513
“tirados” frequency rank
#24,680
“traídos” frequency rank
46193
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tirados traídos
Definition Forma del plural de tirado, participio de tirar. Forma del plural de traído, participio de traer o de traerse.

Where the eye mixes tirados and traídos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tirados (CVCVCVC) and traídos (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
tirados
7 ch
traídos

Why the eye confuses tirados with traídos

A purely visual mix-up. tirados ([t̪iˈɾað̞os]) and traídos ([t̪ɾaˈið̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tirados is recorded at frequency rank #21,513, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪iˈɾað̞os]. traídos is at rank #24,680, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈið̞os].

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 46193, this pair ranks #127,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tirados vs traídos

Shared letters: adorst. Private to "tirados": i. Private to "traídos": í.

"tirados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "traídos" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tirados ← itrados · tiardos · tiraddos · tiradoss · tiradso · tiraods · tirdaos · tirrados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tirados" and "traídos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪iˈɾað̞os] versus [t̪ɾaˈið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tirados" or "traídos"?
"tirados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,513 in our Spanish list, against #24,680 for "traídos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tirados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traídos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tirados" and "traídos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "torcidos vs traídos". 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 #127,148 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