trabajadoravstrabajadosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: trabajadora is a adjective, trabajados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“trabajadora” is an adjective and “trabajados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,078
“trabajadora” frequency rank
#37,884
“trabajados” frequency rank
44962
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabajadora trabajados
Definition Forma del femenino singular de trabajador. Forma del plural de trabajado, participio de trabajar.

Where the eye mixes trabajadora and trabajados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. trabajadora runs 11 letters (CCVCVCVCVCV) against trabajados's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
trabajadora
10 ch
trabajados

Look-alike desk: trabajadora vs trabajados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trabajadora is [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾa] while trabajados is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞os]. 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 (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trabajadora is recorded at frequency rank #7,078, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾa]. 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 44962, this pair ranks #134,101 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trabajadora vs trabajados

Shared letters: abdjort. Private to "trabajadora": -. Private to "trabajados": s.

"trabajadora" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCV  ·  "trabajados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabajadora ← rtabajadora · tarbajadora · traabjadora · trabaajdora · trabajaddora · trabajadoar · trabajadorra · trabajadroa
  • trabajados ← rtabajados · tarbajados · traabjados · trabaajdos · trabajaddos · trabajadoss · trabajadso · trabajaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "trabajadora" and "trabajados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trabajadora" is an adjective and "trabajados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "trabajadora" vs "trabajados" - which ranks higher?
"trabajadora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,078 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajadora" 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 #134,101 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabajadora" 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 #134,101 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