traídovstrajoConfusable pair

Which to use

“traído” and “trajo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,601
“traído” frequency rank
#4,289
“trajo” frequency rank
10890
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traído trajo
Definition Participio de traer o de traerse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de traer o de traerse.

Where the eye mixes traído and trajo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
traído
5 ch
trajo

Why the eye confuses traído with trajo

A purely visual mix-up. traído ([t̪ɾaˈið̞o]) and trajo ([ˈt̪ɾaxo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traído is recorded at frequency rank #6,601, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈið̞o]. trajo is at rank #4,289, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾaxo].

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 10890, this pair ranks #297,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of traído vs trajo

Shared letters: aort. Private to "traído": . Private to "trajo": j.

"traído" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "trajo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trajortajo · tarjo · trajjo · traoj · trjao · trrajo · ttrajo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "traído" and "trajo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾaˈið̞o] versus [ˈt̪ɾaxo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "traído" or "trajo" show up more?
"trajo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,289 in our Spanish list, against #6,601 for "traído". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "traído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trajo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #297,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traído" and "trajo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tapo vs trajo". 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 #297,017 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