violadovsvisadoTell them apart

Quick tell: violado is a adjective, visado is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#13,584
“violado” frequency rank
#20,544
“visado” frequency rank
34128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violado visado
Definition De color similar al de las violetas, una tonalidad clara de morado. Documento que una autoridad adjunta a los pasaportes para indicar su validez y autorizar la entrada a un país (y, en algunos casos, la salida de él).

Where the eye mixes violado and visado

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

7 ch
violado
6 ch
visado

Look-alike desk: violado vs visado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violado is [bjoˈlað̞o] while visado is [biˈsað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34128, 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]. visado is at rank #20,544, tagged as anoun, pronounced [biˈsað̞o].

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 34128, this pair ranks #193,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of violado vs visado

Shared letters: adiov. Private to "violado": l. Private to "visado": s.

"violado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "visado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • violadobiolado · ivolado · viloado · vioaldo · violaddo · violaod · violdao · viollado
  • visadobisado · ivsado · viasdo · visaddo · visaod · visdao · vissado · vsiado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "violado" and "visado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "violado" is an adjective and "visado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "violado" or "visado" show up more?
"violado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,584 in our Spanish list, against #20,544 for "visado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "violado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violado" and "visado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velado vs visado". 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 #193,107 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