trabajadasvstrabajadorWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#34,812
“trabajadas” frequency rank
#2,958
“trabajador” frequency rank
37770
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabajadas trabajador
Definition Forma del femenino plural 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 trabajadas and trabajador

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. trabajadas and trabajador follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
trabajadas
10 ch
trabajador

Why the eye confuses trabajadas with trabajador

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trabajadas is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞as] while trabajador is [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾ]. 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 (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trabajadas is recorded at frequency rank #34,812, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞as]. 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 37770, this pair ranks #173,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trabajadas vs trabajador

Shared letters: abdjrt. Private to "trabajadas": s. Private to "trabajador": o.

"trabajadas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC  ·  "trabajador" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabajadas ← rtabajadas · tarbajadas · traabjadas · trabaajdas · trabajaads · trabajadass · trabajaddas · trabajadsa
  • trabajador ← rtabajador · tarbajador · traabjador · trabaajdor · trabajaddor · trabajadorr · trabajadro · trabajaodr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "trabajadas" and "trabajador" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trabajadas" is a participle and "trabajador" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "trabajadas" or "trabajador"?
"trabajador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,958 in our Spanish list, against #34,812 for "trabajadas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajadas" 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 #173,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabajadas" and "trabajador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabajadas vs trabajados". 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 #173,582 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