traídovstrigoTell them apart

Quick tell: traído is a verb, trigo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“traído” is a verb and “trigo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,601
“traído” frequency rank
#6,602
“trigo” frequency rank
13203
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traído trigo
Definition Participio de traer o de traerse. (Triticum) Género de plantas de la familia de las gramíneas, cultivado por la humanidad desde hace miles de años por sus granos, con los que se prepara harina para hacer el pan. Es una planta anual, con flores agrupadas en una espiga. Su fruto es una cariopse rica en almidón.

Where the eye mixes traído and trigo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
traído
5 ch
trigo

Visual trap between traído and trigo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: traído is [t̪ɾaˈið̞o] while trigo is [ˈt̪ɾiɣ̞o]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13203, 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]. trigo is at rank #6,602, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾiɣ̞o].

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 13203, this pair ranks #288,726 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of traído vs trigo

Shared letters: ort. Private to "traído": adí. Private to "trigo": gi.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trigortigo · tirgo · trgio · triggo · triog · trrigo · ttrigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "traído" for "trigo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "traído" is a verb and "trigo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "traído" vs "trigo" - which ranks higher?
"traído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,601 in our Spanish list, against #6,602 for "trigo". 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 "trigo" 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 "trigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #288,726 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traído" and "trigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "torito vs trigo". 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 #288,726 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