vaciadovsvacunadoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,875
“vaciado” frequency rank
#48,746
“vacunado” frequency rank
78621
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vaciado vacunado
Definition 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. Participio de vacunar.

Where the eye mixes vaciado and vacunado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vaciado runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against vacunado's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
vaciado
8 ch
vacunado

Look-alike desk: vaciado vs vacunado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vaciado is [baˈsjað̞o] while vacunado is [bakuˈnað̞o]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vaciado is recorded at frequency rank #29,875, classified as anoun, pronounced [baˈsjað̞o]. vacunado is at rank #48,746, tagged as averb, pronounced [bakuˈnað̞o].

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 78621, this pair ranks #14,209 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vaciado vs vacunado

Shared letters: acdov. Private to "vaciado": i. Private to "vacunado": nu.

"vaciado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "vacunado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vaciado ← avciado · baciado · vacaido · vacciado · vaciaddo · vaciaod · vacidao · vaicado
  • vacunado ← avcunado · bacunado · vaccunado · vacnuado · vacuando · vacunaddo · vacunaod · vacundao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vaciado" for "vacunado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vaciado" is a noun and "vacunado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vaciado" or "vacunado" show up more?
"vaciado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,875 in our Spanish list, against #48,746 for "vacunado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vaciado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vacunado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,209 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vaciado" and "vacunado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vacunado vs vacunados". 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 #14,209 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