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

#14,737
“violada” frequency rank
#37,376
“violados” frequency rank
52113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violada violados
Definition Forma del femenino de violado, participio de violar. Forma del plural de violado, participio de violar.

Where the eye mixes violada and violados

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

7 ch
violada
8 ch
violados

Why the eye confuses violada with violados

A purely visual mix-up. violada ([bjoˈlað̞a]) and violados ([bjoˈlað̞os]) 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 52113, 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]. violados is at rank #37,376, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bjoˈlað̞os].

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 52113, this pair ranks #94,301 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of violada vs violados

Shared letters: adilov. Private to "violada": -. Private to "violados": s.

"violada" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "violados" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • violadabiolada · ivolada · viloada · vioalda · violaad · violadda · violdaa · viollada
  • violadosbiolados · ivolados · viloados · vioaldos · violaddos · violadoss · violadso · violaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "violada" for "violados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bjoˈlað̞a] versus [bjoˈlað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "violada" or "violados" show up more?
"violada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,737 in our Spanish list, against #37,376 for "violados". 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 "violada" and "violados" 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 "violados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,301 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violada" and "violados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violados vs visados". 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 #94,301 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