vedadovsvisadoTell them apart

Which to use

“vedado” and “visado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,745
“vedado” frequency rank
#20,544
“visado” frequency rank
63289
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vedado visado
Definition Campo o sitio acotado o cerrado por ley u ordenanza. Documento que una autoridad adjunta a los pasaportes para indicar su validez y autorizar la entrada a un país (y, en algunos casos, la salida de él).

Where the eye mixes vedado and visado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vedado and visado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
vedado
6 ch
visado

Look-alike desk: vedado vs visado

A purely visual mix-up. vedado ([beˈð̞að̞o]) and visado ([biˈsað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63289, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vedado is recorded at frequency rank #42,745, classified as anoun, pronounced [beˈð̞að̞o]. visado is at rank #20,544, tagged as anoun, pronounced [biˈsað̞o].

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 63289, this pair ranks #49,214 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vedado vs visado

Shared letters: adov. Private to "vedado": e. Private to "visado": is.

"vedado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "visado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vedado ← bedado · evdado · vdeado · veaddo · vedaddo · vedaod · veddado · veddao
  • visado ← bisado · ivsado · viasdo · visaddo · visaod · visdao · vissado · vsiado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vedado" for "visado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([beˈð̞að̞o] versus [biˈsað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vedado" or "visado" show up more?
"visado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,544 in our Spanish list, against #42,745 for "vedado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "vedado" and "visado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vedado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,214 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vedado" and "visado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vedado vs velado". 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 #49,214 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