Which to use
“trabajador” is a noun and “trabajados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,958
- “trabajador” frequency rank
- #37,884
- “trabajados” frequency rank
- 40842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trabajador | trabajados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Persona que se dedica a ejercer una actividad específica a cambio de una remuneración quincenal o mensual. | Forma del plural de trabajado, participio de trabajar. |
Where the eye mixes trabajador and trabajados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. trabajador and trabajados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between trabajador and trabajados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trabajador is [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾ] while trabajados is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “trabajador” becomes s in “trabajados”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trabajador is recorded at frequency rank #2,958, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾ]. 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 40842, this pair ranks #156,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trabajador vs trabajados
Shared letters: abdjort. Private to "trabajador": -. Private to "trabajados": s.
"trabajador" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC · "trabajados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- trabajador ← rtabajador · tarbajador · traabjador · trabaajdor · trabajaddor · trabajadorr · trabajadro · trabajaodr
- trabajados ← rtabajados · tarbajados · traabjados · trabaajdos · trabajaddos · trabajadoss · trabajadso · trabajaods
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "trabajador" and "trabajados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "trabajador" 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 #156,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trabajador" 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 #156,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.