trazadavstrazadoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#40,579
“trazada” frequency rank
#10,432
“trazado” frequency rank
51011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trazada trazado
Definition Forma del femenino de trazado, participio de trazar. Acción o efecto de trazar.

Where the eye mixes trazada and trazado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. trazada and trazado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
trazada
7 ch
trazado

Look-alike desk: trazada vs trazado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trazada is [t̪ɾaˈsað̞a] while trazado is [t̪ɾaˈsað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “trazada” becomes o in “trazado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trazada is recorded at frequency rank #40,579, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈsað̞a]. trazado is at rank #10,432, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈsað̞o].

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 51011, this pair ranks #100,168 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trazada vs trazado

Shared letters: adrtz. Private to "trazada": -. Private to "trazado": o.

"trazada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "trazado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trazada ← rtazada · tarzada · traazda · trazaad · trazadda · trazdaa · trazzada · trrazada
  • trazado ← rtazado · tarzado · traazdo · trazaddo · trazaod · trazdao · trazzado · trrazado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "trazada" for "trazado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trazada" is a participle and "trazado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "trazada" or "trazado"?
"trazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,432 in our Spanish list, against #40,579 for "trazada". 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 "trazada" and "trazado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trazada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trazado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,168 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trazada" and "trazado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trazada vs trazadas". 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 #100,168 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