viciadovsvioladoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: viciado is a verb, violado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“viciado” is a verb and “violado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,895
“viciado” frequency rank
#13,584
“violado” frequency rank
47479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature viciado violado
Definition Participio de viciar. De color similar al de las violetas, una tonalidad clara de morado.

Where the eye mixes viciado and violado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
viciado
7 ch
violado

Look-alike desk: viciado vs violado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: viciado is [biˈsjað̞o] while violado is [bjoˈlað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

viciado is recorded at frequency rank #33,895, classified as averb, pronounced [biˈsjað̞o]. violado is at rank #13,584, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bjoˈlað̞o].

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 47479, this pair ranks #119,832 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of viciado vs violado

Shared letters: adiov. Private to "viciado": c. Private to "violado": l.

"viciado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "violado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viciadobiciado · ivciado · vciiado · vicaido · vicciado · viciaddo · viciaod · vicidao
  • violadobiolado · ivolado · viloado · vioaldo · violaddo · violaod · violdao · viollado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "viciado" and "violado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "viciado" is a verb and "violado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "viciado" vs "violado" - which ranks higher?
"violado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,584 in our Spanish list, against #33,895 for "viciado". 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 "viciado" and "violado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "viciado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "violado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #119,832 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "viciado" and "violado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaciado vs viciado". 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 #119,832 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