verificadavsverificadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: verificada is a participle, verificado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verificada” is a participle and “verificado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,859
“verificada” frequency rank
#21,867
“verificado” frequency rank
47726
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verificada verificado
Definition Forma del femenino de verificado, participio de verificar. Participio de verificar.

Where the eye mixes verificada and verificado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verificada and verificado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
verificada
10 ch
verificado

Why the eye confuses verificada with verificado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verificada is [beɾifiˈkað̞a] while verificado is [beɾifiˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “verificada” becomes o in “verificado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verificada is recorded at frequency rank #25,859, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [beɾifiˈkað̞a]. 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 47726, this pair ranks #118,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verificada vs verificado

Shared letters: acdefirv. Private to "verificada": -. Private to "verificado": o.

"verificada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "verificado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verificada ← berificada · evrificada · veirficada · verfiicada · verifciada · verifficada · verifiacda · verificaad
  • verificado ← berificado · evrificado · veirficado · verfiicado · verifciado · verifficado · verifiacdo · verificaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verificada" and "verificado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verificada" is a participle and "verificado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "verificada" or "verificado"?
"verificado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,867 in our Spanish list, against #25,859 for "verificada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verificada" 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 #118,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verificada" and "verificado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verificada vs verificadas". 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 #118,468 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