violadavsvioladoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#14,737
“violada” frequency rank
#13,584
“violado” frequency rank
28321
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violada violado
Definition Forma del femenino de violado, participio de violar. De color similar al de las violetas, una tonalidad clara de morado.

Where the eye mixes violada and violado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
violada
7 ch
violado

Why the eye confuses violada with violado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violada is [bjoˈlað̞a] while violado is [bjoˈlað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “violada” becomes o in “violado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

violada is recorded at frequency rank #14,737, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bjoˈlað̞a]. 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 28321, this pair ranks #222,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of violada vs violado

Shared letters: adilov. Private to "violada": -. Private to "violado": -.

"violada" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "violado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • violadabiolada · ivolada · viloada · vioalda · violaad · violadda · violdaa · viollada
  • violadobiolado · ivolado · viloado · vioaldo · violaddo · violaod · violdao · viollado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "violada" and "violado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "violada" is a participle and "violado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "violada" or "violado" show up more?
"violado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,584 in our Spanish list, against #14,737 for "violada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "violada" 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 #222,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violada" and "violado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velado vs violado". 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 #222,598 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