verificadovsverificarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#21,867
“verificado” frequency rank
#6,024
“verificar” frequency rank
27891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verificado verificar
Definition Participio de verificar. Comprobar o demostrar la veracidad de algo

Where the eye mixes verificado and verificar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verificado runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against verificar's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
verificado
9 ch
verificar

Why the eye confuses verificado with verificar

A purely visual mix-up. verificado ([beɾifiˈkað̞o]) and verificar ([beɾifiˈkaɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verificado is recorded at frequency rank #21,867, classified as averb, pronounced [beɾifiˈkað̞o]. verificar is at rank #6,024, tagged as averb, pronounced [beɾifiˈkaɾ].

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 27891, this pair ranks #224,653 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verificado vs verificar

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

"verificado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "verificar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verificado ← berificado · evrificado · veirficado · verfiicado · verifciado · verifficado · verifiacdo · verificaddo
  • verificar ← berificar · evrificar · veirficar · verfiicar · verifciar · verifficar · verifiacr · verificarr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verificado" and "verificar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([beɾifiˈkað̞o] versus [beɾifiˈkaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verificado" vs "verificar" - which ranks higher?
"verificar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,024 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.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verificado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verificar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #224,653 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verificado" and "verificar" 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 #224,653 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