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

#18,416
“verifica” frequency rank
#21,867
“verificado” frequency rank
40283
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verifica verificado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de verificar. Participio de verificar.

Where the eye mixes verifica and verificado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verifica runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against verificado's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
verifica
10 ch
verificado

Look-alike desk: verifica vs verificado

A purely visual mix-up. verifica ([beɾiˈfika]) and verificado ([beɾifiˈkað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “verifica” sits inside “verificado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verifica is recorded at frequency rank #18,416, classified as averb, pronounced [beɾiˈfika]. verificado is at rank #21,867, tagged as averb, pronounced [beɾifiˈkað̞o].

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 40283, this pair ranks #159,953 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verifica vs verificado

Shared letters: acefirv. Private to "verifica": -. Private to "verificado": do.

"verifica" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "verificado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verifica ← berifica · evrifica · veirfica · verfiica · verifcia · veriffica · verifiac · verificca
  • verificado ← berificado · evrificado · veirficado · verfiicado · verifciado · verifficado · verifiacdo · verificaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verifica" and "verificado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([beɾiˈfika] versus [beɾifiˈkað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "verifica" or "verificado" show up more?
"verifica" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,416 in our Spanish list, against #21,867 for "verificado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verifica" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verificado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,953 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verifica" and "verificado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verificadas vs verificado". 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 #159,953 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