toleradovstolerarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#37,358
“tolerado” frequency rank
#12,265
“tolerar” frequency rank
49623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tolerado tolerar
Definition Participio de tolerar. Poner el ánimo en situación de vivir y resistir una situación incómoda, molesta o de sufrimiento.

Where the eye mixes tolerado and tolerar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tolerado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against tolerar's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
tolerado
7 ch
tolerar

Look-alike desk: tolerado vs tolerar

A purely visual mix-up. tolerado ([t̪oleˈɾað̞o]) and tolerar ([t̪oleˈɾaɾ]) 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 49623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tolerado is recorded at frequency rank #37,358, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪oleˈɾað̞o]. tolerar is at rank #12,265, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪oleˈɾaɾ].

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 49623, this pair ranks #107,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tolerado vs tolerar

Shared letters: aelort. Private to "tolerado": d. Private to "tolerar": -.

"tolerado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "tolerar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tolerado ← otlerado · tloerado · toelrado · toleardo · toleraddo · toleraod · tolerdao · tolerrado
  • tolerar ← otlerar · tloerar · toelrar · tolearr · tolerarr · tolerra · tolerrar · tollerar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tolerado" for "tolerar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪oleˈɾað̞o] versus [t̪oleˈɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tolerado" vs "tolerar" - which ranks higher?
"tolerar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,265 in our Spanish list, against #37,358 for "tolerado". 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 "tolerado" and "tolerar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tolerado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tolerar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tolerado" and "tolerar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toledano vs tolerado". 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 #107,785 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