trasladarvstrasladosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#10,236
“trasladar” frequency rank
#23,976
“traslados” frequency rank
34212
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trasladar traslados
Definition Mover o llevar algo de un lado (lugar, sitio) a otro. Forma del plural de traslado.

Where the eye mixes trasladar and traslados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. trasladar and traslados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
trasladar
9 ch
traslados

Look-alike desk: trasladar vs traslados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trasladar is [t̪ɾaslaˈð̞aɾ] while traslados is [t̪ɾasˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trasladar is recorded at frequency rank #10,236, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaslaˈð̞aɾ]. traslados is at rank #23,976, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾasˈlað̞os].

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 34212, this pair ranks #192,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trasladar vs traslados

Shared letters: adlrst. Private to "trasladar": -. Private to "traslados": o.

"trasladar" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC  ·  "traslados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trasladar ← rtasladar · tarsladar · tralsadar · trasaldar · traslaadr · trasladarr · trasladdar · trasladra
  • traslados ← rtaslados · tarslados · tralsados · trasaldos · trasladdos · trasladoss · trasladso · traslaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "trasladar" for "traslados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trasladar" is a verb and "traslados" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "trasladar" vs "traslados" - which ranks higher?
"trasladar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,236 in our Spanish list, against #23,976 for "traslados". 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 "trasladar" and "traslados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trasladar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traslados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trasladar" and "traslados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tallados vs traslados". 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 #192,641 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