trabadavstrazadaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,460
“trabada” frequency rank
#40,579
“trazada” frequency rank
88039
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabada trazada
Definition Forma del femenino de trabado, participio de trabar. Forma del femenino de trazado, participio de trazar.

Where the eye mixes trabada and trazada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. trabada and trazada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
trabada
7 ch
trazada

Visual trap between trabada and trazada

A purely visual mix-up. trabada ([t̪ɾaˈβ̞að̞a]) 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 a single letter - b in “trabada” becomes z in “trazada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trabada is recorded at frequency rank #47,460, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈβ̞að̞a]. 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 88039, this pair ranks #4,053 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of trabada vs trazada

Shared letters: adrt. Private to "trabada": b. Private to "trazada": z.

"trabada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "trazada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabada ← rtabada · tarbada · traabda · trabaad · trabadda · trabbada · trabdaa · travada
  • trazada ← rtazada · tarzada · traazda · trazaad · trazadda · trazdaa · trazzada · trrazada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "trabada" and "trazada" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾaˈβ̞að̞a] versus [t̪ɾaˈsað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "trabada" or "trazada" show up more?
"trazada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,579 in our Spanish list, against #47,460 for "trabada". 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 "trabada" and "trazada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabada" 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 #4,053 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabada" and "trazada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabada 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 #4,053 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