violadorvsvioladoresTell them apart

Which to use

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

#12,073
“violador” frequency rank
#12,281
“violadores” frequency rank
24354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violador violadores
Definition Que obliga a otra persona a mantener una relación sexual. Forma del plural de violador.

Where the eye mixes violador and violadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. violador runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against violadores's 10 (CVVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
violador
10 ch
violadores

Visual trap between violador and violadores

A purely visual mix-up. violador ([bjolaˈð̞oɾ]) and violadores ([bjolaˈð̞oɾes]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “violador” sits inside “violadores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

violador is recorded at frequency rank #12,073, classified as anadj, pronounced [bjolaˈð̞oɾ]. violadores is at rank #12,281, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bjolaˈð̞oɾes].

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 24354, this pair ranks #241,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of violador vs violadores

Shared letters: adilorv. Private to "violador": -. Private to "violadores": es.

"violador" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "violadores" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • violador ← biolador · ivolador · viloador · vioaldor · violaddor · violadorr · violadro · violaodr
  • violadores ← bioladores · ivoladores · viloadores · vioaldores · violaddores · violadoers · violadoress · violadorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "violador" and "violadores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bjolaˈð̞oɾ] versus [bjolaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "violador" vs "violadores" - which ranks higher?
"violador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,073 in our Spanish list, against #12,281 for "violadores". 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 "violador" and "violadores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "violador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "violadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violador" and "violadores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violadores vs voladoras". 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 #241,541 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