Which to use
“traductor” is an adjective and “traductores” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,926
- “traductor” frequency rank
- #12,940
- “traductores” frequency rank
- 20866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traductor | traductores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dice de la persona o sistema que traduce, que expresa en un idioma lo que esta escritio en otro. | Forma del plural de traductor. |
Where the eye mixes traductor and traductores
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. traductor runs 9 letters (CCVCVCCVC) against traductores's 11 (CCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between traductor and traductores
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: traductor is [t̪ɾað̞ukˈt̪oɾ] while traductores is [t̪ɾað̞ukˈt̪oɾes]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “traductor” sits inside “traductores”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
traductor is recorded at frequency rank #7,926, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪ɾað̞ukˈt̪oɾ]. traductores is at rank #12,940, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾað̞ukˈt̪oɾes].
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 20866, this pair ranks #257,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of traductor vs traductores
Shared letters: acdortu. Private to "traductor": -. Private to "traductores": es.
"traductor" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "traductores" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- traductor ← rtaductor · tarductor · tradcutor · tradductor · traducctor · traducotr · traductorr · traductro
- traductores ← rtaductores · tarductores · tradcutores · tradductores · traducctores · traducotres · traductoers · traductoress
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "traductor" for "traductores" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "traductor" or "traductores" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "traductor" and "traductores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "traductor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traductores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traductor" and "traductores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traductora vs traductores". 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 #257,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.