Which to use
“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.
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?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "verifica" or "verificado" show up more?
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.