Which to use
“trabaja” is a verb and “trazada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,460
- “trabaja” frequency rank
- #40,579
- “trazada” frequency rank
- 42039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trabaja | trazada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de trabajar. | Forma del femenino de trazado, participio de trazar. |
Where the eye mixes trabaja and trazada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. trabaja and trazada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: trabaja vs trazada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trabaja is [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa] while trazada is [t̪ɾaˈsað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trabaja is recorded at frequency rank #1,460, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa]. 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 42039, this pair ranks #150,426 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trabaja vs trazada
Shared letters: art. Private to "trabaja": bj. Private to "trazada": dz.
"trabaja" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "trazada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "trabaja" and "trazada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "trabaja" or "trazada" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "trabaja" and "trazada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "trabaja" 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 #150,426 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trabaja" and "trazada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trazada 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 #150,426 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.