Which to use
“varía” is a verb and “variada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,449
- “varía” frequency rank
- #12,504
- “variada” frequency rank
- 20953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | varía | variada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de variar. | Forma del femenino de variado, participio de variar. |
Where the eye mixes varía and variada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: varía vs variada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: varía is [baˈɾia] while variada is [baˈɾjað̞a]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
varía is recorded at frequency rank #8,449, classified as averb, pronounced [baˈɾia]. variada is at rank #12,504, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [baˈɾjað̞a].
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 20953, this pair ranks #257,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of varía vs variada
Shared letters: arv. Private to "varía": í. Private to "variada": di.
"varía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "variada" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- variada ← avriada · bariada · vairada · varaida · variaad · variadda · varidaa · varriada
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "varía" and "variada" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "varía" or "variada" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "varía" and "variada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "varía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "variada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "varía" and "variada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "variada vs varianza". 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 #257,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.