Which to use
“trabajados” is a participle and “trabajaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,884
- “trabajados” frequency rank
- #11,688
- “trabajaron” frequency rank
- 49572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trabajados | trabajaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de trabajado, participio de trabajar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de trabajar. |
Where the eye mixes trabajados and trabajaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between trabajados and trabajaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trabajados is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞os] while trabajaron is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾõn]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trabajados is recorded at frequency rank #37,884, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxað̞os]. trabajaron is at rank #11,688, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾõn].
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 49572, this pair ranks #108,052 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trabajados vs trabajaron
Shared letters: abjort. Private to "trabajados": ds. Private to "trabajaron": n.
"trabajados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC · "trabajaron" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- trabajados ← rtabajados · tarbajados · traabjados · trabaajdos · trabajaddos · trabajadoss · trabajadso · trabajaods
- trabajaron ← rtabajaron · tarbajaron · traabjaron · trabaajron · trabajaorn · trabajarno · trabajaronn · trabajarron
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "trabajados" for "trabajaron" ever safe?
Frequency check: "trabajados" vs "trabajaron" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "trabajados" and "trabajaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "trabajados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trabajaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,052 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trabajados" and "trabajaron" 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 #108,052 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.