Which to use
“vacía” is an adjective and “vaciado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,085
- “vacía” frequency rank
- #29,875
- “vaciado” frequency rank
- 36960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vacía | vaciado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino singular de vacío. | El rehundido ó fondo que queda en el neto del pedestal despues de la faja y moldura que le guarnece: y generalmente todo requadro rehundido, sea en pilastra, pared, etc. se llama vaciado. |
Where the eye mixes vacía and vaciado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vacía runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against vaciado's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vacía vs vaciado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vacía is [baˈsia] while vaciado is [baˈsjað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vacía is recorded at frequency rank #7,085, classified as anadj, pronounced [baˈsia]. vaciado is at rank #29,875, tagged as anoun, pronounced [baˈsjað̞o].
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 36960, this pair ranks #177,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vacía vs vaciado
Shared letters: acv. Private to "vacía": í. Private to "vaciado": dio.
"vacía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vaciado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vaciado ← avciado · baciado · vacaido · vacciado · vaciaddo · vaciaod · vacidao · vaicado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vacía" for "vaciado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vacía" or "vaciado" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "vacía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vaciado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vacía" and "vaciado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaciado vs vacunado". 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 #177,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.