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Which to use

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

#3,369
“trabajado” frequency rank
#21,518
“trabajará” frequency rank
24887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabajado trabajará
Definition Participio de trabajar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de trabajar.

Where the eye mixes trabajado and trabajará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. trabajado and trabajará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
trabajado
9 ch
trabajará

Why the eye confuses trabajado with trabajará

A purely visual mix-up. trabajado ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞o]) and trabajará ([t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trabajado is recorded at frequency rank #3,369, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞o]. trabajará is at rank #21,518, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈɾa].

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 24887, this pair ranks #239,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trabajado vs trabajará

Shared letters: abjrt. Private to "trabajado": do. Private to "trabajará": á.

"trabajado" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "trabajará" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabajado ← rtabajado · tarbajado · traabjado · trabaajdo · trabajaddo · trabajaod · trabajdao · trabajjado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "trabajado" and "trabajará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞o] versus [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "trabajado" or "trabajará"?
"trabajado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,369 in our Spanish list, against #21,518 for "trabajará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabajado" and "trabajará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabajará vs trabajaría". 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 #239,039 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