tragadovstratadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: tragado is a adjective, tratados is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tragado” is an adjective and “tratados” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,427
“tragado” frequency rank
#3,816
“tratados” frequency rank
33243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tragado tratados
Definition Que tiene un sentimiento intenso de atracción o amor romántico hacia alguien. Forma del plural de tratado.

Where the eye mixes tragado and tratados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
tragado
8 ch
tratados

Look-alike desk: tragado vs tratados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tragado is [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞að̞o] while tratados is [t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞os]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tragado is recorded at frequency rank #29,427, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞að̞o]. tratados is at rank #3,816, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞os].

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 33243, this pair ranks #197,818 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tragado vs tratados

Shared letters: adort. Private to "tragado": g. Private to "tratados": s.

"tragado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "tratados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tragadortagado · targado · traagdo · tragaddo · tragaod · tragdao · traggado · trgaado
  • tratadosrtatados · tartados · traatdos · trataddos · tratadoss · tratadso · trataods · tratdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tragado" for "tratados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tragado" is an adjective and "tratados" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tragado" or "tratados" show up more?
"tratados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,816 in our Spanish list, against #29,427 for "tragado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tragado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tratados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,818 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tragado" and "tratados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabada vs tragado". 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 #197,818 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