Which to use
“violado” is an adjective and “violados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,584
- “violado” frequency rank
- #37,376
- “violados” frequency rank
- 50960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violado | violados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | De color similar al de las violetas, una tonalidad clara de morado. | Forma del plural de violado, participio de violar. |
Where the eye mixes violado and violados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. violado runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against violados's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: violado vs violados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violado is [bjoˈlað̞o] while violados is [bjoˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “violado” sits inside “violados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violado is recorded at frequency rank #13,584, classified as anadj, pronounced [bjoˈlað̞o]. 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 50960, this pair ranks #100,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violado vs violados
Shared letters: adilov. Private to "violado": -. Private to "violados": s.
"violado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "violados" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violado" and "violados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "violado" or "violados"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "violado" 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 #100,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violado" 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 #100,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.