trabajadavstrabajadorTell them apart

Quick tell: trabajada is a participle, trabajador is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“trabajada” is a participle and “trabajador” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,792
“trabajada” frequency rank
#2,958
“trabajador” frequency rank
38750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabajada trabajador
Definition Forma del femenino de trabajado, participio de trabajar. Persona que se dedica a ejercer una actividad específica a cambio de una remuneración quincenal o mensual.

Where the eye mixes trabajada and trabajador

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
trabajada
10 ch
trabajador

Why the eye confuses trabajada with trabajador

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trabajada is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞a] while trabajador is [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trabajada is recorded at frequency rank #35,792, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞a]. trabajador is at rank #2,958, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾ].

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 38750, this pair ranks #168,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trabajada vs trabajador

Shared letters: abdjrt. Private to "trabajada": -. Private to "trabajador": o.

"trabajada" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "trabajador" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabajadartabajada · tarbajada · traabjada · trabaajda · trabajaad · trabajadda · trabajdaa · trabajjada
  • trabajadorrtabajador · tarbajador · traabjador · trabaajdor · trabajaddor · trabajadorr · trabajadro · trabajaodr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "trabajada" for "trabajador" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trabajada" is a participle and "trabajador" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "trabajada" or "trabajador"?
"trabajador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,958 in our Spanish list, against #35,792 for "trabajada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabajada" and "trabajador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabada vs trabajada". 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 #168,284 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