traídosvstrazosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: traídos is a participle, trazos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“traídos” is a participle and “trazos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,680
“traídos” frequency rank
#25,072
“trazos” frequency rank
49752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traídos trazos
Definition Forma del plural de traído, participio de traer o de traerse. Forma del plural de trazo.

Where the eye mixes traídos and trazos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
traídos
6 ch
trazos

Why the eye confuses traídos with trazos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: traídos is [t̪ɾaˈið̞os] while trazos is [ˈt̪ɾasos]. 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 (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traídos is recorded at frequency rank #24,680, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈið̞os]. trazos is at rank #25,072, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾasos].

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 49752, this pair ranks #107,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of traídos vs trazos

Shared letters: aorst. Private to "traídos": . Private to "trazos": z.

"traídos" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "trazos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trazosrtazos · tarzos · traozs · trazoss · trazso · trazzos · trrazos · trzaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "traídos" and "trazos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "traídos" is a participle and "trazos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "traídos" or "trazos" show up more?
"traídos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,680 in our Spanish list, against #25,072 for "trazos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traídos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trazos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traídos" and "trazos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tamos vs trazos". 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 #107,018 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