verificadasvsverificadoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#41,687
“verificadas” frequency rank
#21,867
“verificado” frequency rank
63554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes verificadas and verificado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verificadas runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVCVC) against verificado's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
verificadas
10 ch
verificado

Look-alike desk: verificadas vs verificado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verificadas is [beɾifiˈkað̞as] while verificado is [beɾifiˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verificadas is recorded at frequency rank #41,687, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [beɾifiˈkað̞as]. 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 63554, this pair ranks #48,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of verificadas vs verificado

Shared letters: acdefirv. Private to "verificadas": s. Private to "verificado": o.

"verificadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "verificado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verificadas ← berificadas · evrificadas · veirficadas · verfiicadas · verifciadas · verifficadas · verifiacdas · verificaads
  • verificado ← berificado · evrificado · veirficado · verfiicado · verifciado · verifficado · verifiacdo · verificaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verificadas" and "verificado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verificadas" is a participle and "verificado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "verificadas" vs "verificado" - which ranks higher?
"verificado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,867 in our Spanish list, against #41,687 for "verificadas". 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 "verificadas" and "verificado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verificadas" 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 #48,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verificadas" and "verificado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verificadas vs verificados". 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 #48,389 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