tragadovstrazadosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#29,427
“tragado” frequency rank
#37,364
“trazados” frequency rank
66791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes tragado and trazados

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

7 ch
tragado
8 ch
trazados

Visual trap between tragado and trazados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tragado is [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞að̞o] while trazados is [t̪ɾaˈsað̞os]. 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 66791, 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]. trazados is at rank #37,364, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈsað̞os].

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 66791, this pair ranks #38,876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tragado vs trazados

Shared letters: adort. Private to "tragado": g. Private to "trazados": sz.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tragadortagado · targado · traagdo · tragaddo · tragaod · tragdao · traggado · trgaado
  • trazadosrtazados · tarzados · traazdos · trazaddos · trazadoss · trazadso · trazaods · trazdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tragado" for "trazados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tragado" is an adjective and "trazados" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tragado" or "trazados"?
"tragado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,427 in our Spanish list, against #37,364 for "trazados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "trazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tragado" and "trazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trazadas vs trazados". 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 #38,876 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