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

#32,437
“traspasado” frequency rank
#25,477
“traspasar” frequency rank
57914
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traspasado traspasar
Definition Participio de traspasar. Pasar o llevar una cosa de un sitio a otro.

Where the eye mixes traspasado and traspasar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
traspasado
9 ch
traspasar

Why the eye confuses traspasado with traspasar

A purely visual mix-up. traspasado ([t̪ɾaspaˈsað̞o]) and traspasar ([t̪ɾaspaˈsaɾ]) 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 57914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traspasado is recorded at frequency rank #32,437, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaspaˈsað̞o]. traspasar is at rank #25,477, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaspaˈsaɾ].

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 57914, this pair ranks #68,550 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of traspasado vs traspasar

Shared letters: aprst. Private to "traspasado": do. Private to "traspasar": -.

"traspasado" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCV  ·  "traspasar" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traspasadortaspasado · tarspasado · trapsasado · trasapsado · traspaasdo · traspasaddo · traspasaod · traspasdao
  • traspasarrtaspasar · tarspasar · trapsasar · trasapsar · traspaasr · traspasarr · traspasra · traspassar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "traspasado" for "traspasar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾaspaˈsað̞o] versus [t̪ɾaspaˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "traspasado" or "traspasar"?
"traspasar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,477 in our Spanish list, against #32,437 for "traspasado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "traspasado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traspasar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,550 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traspasado" and "traspasar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traspasa vs traspasado". 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 #68,550 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