Which to use
“vaciado” is a noun and “viciado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,875
- “vaciado” frequency rank
- #33,895
- “viciado” frequency rank
- 63770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vaciado | viciado |
|---|---|---|
| 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 viciar. |
Where the eye mixes vaciado and viciado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vaciado and viciado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: vaciado vs viciado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vaciado is [baˈsjað̞o] while viciado is [biˈsjað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “vaciado” becomes i in “viciado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63770, 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]. viciado is at rank #33,895, tagged as averb, pronounced [biˈsjað̞o].
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 63770, this pair ranks #47,672 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vaciado vs viciado
Shared letters: acdiov. Private to "vaciado": -. Private to "viciado": -.
"vaciado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "viciado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vaciado" for "viciado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vaciado" or "viciado"?
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 "viciado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,672 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vaciado" and "viciado" 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 #47,672 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.