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

#34,812
“trabajadas” frequency rank
#37,884
“trabajados” frequency rank
72696
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabajadas trabajados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de trabajado, participio de trabajar. Forma del plural de trabajado, participio de trabajar.

Where the eye mixes trabajadas and trabajados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. trabajadas and trabajados 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
trabajados

Look-alike desk: trabajadas vs trabajados

A purely visual mix-up. trabajadas ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞as]) and trabajados ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞os]) 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 - a in “trabajadas” becomes o in “trabajados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72696, 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]. trabajados is at rank #37,884, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞os].

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 72696, this pair ranks #24,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of trabajadas vs trabajados

Shared letters: abdjrst. Private to "trabajadas": -. Private to "trabajados": o.

"trabajadas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC  ·  "trabajados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabajadas ← rtabajadas · tarbajadas · traabjadas · trabaajdas · trabajaads · trabajadass · trabajaddas · trabajadsa
  • trabajados ← rtabajados · tarbajados · traabjados · trabaajdos · trabajaddos · trabajadoss · trabajadso · trabajaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "trabajadas" and "trabajados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞as] versus [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "trabajadas" or "trabajados" show up more?
"trabajadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,812 in our Spanish list, against #37,884 for "trabajados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabajadas" and "trabajados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabajada 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 #24,839 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