violadorvsvioladosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: violador is a adjective, violados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#12,073
“violador” frequency rank
#37,376
“violados” frequency rank
49449
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violador violados
Definition Que obliga a otra persona a mantener una relación sexual. Forma del plural de violado, participio de violar.

Where the eye mixes violador and violados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
violador
8 ch
violados

Visual trap between violador and violados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violador is [bjolaˈð̞oɾ] while violados is [bjoˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “violador” becomes s in “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 49449, 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]. 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 49449, this pair ranks #108,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of violador vs violados

Shared letters: adilov. Private to "violador": r. Private to "violados": s.

"violador" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "violados" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • violadorbiolador · ivolador · viloador · vioaldor · violaddor · violadorr · violadro · violaodr
  • violadosbiolados · ivolados · viloados · vioaldos · violaddos · violadoss · violadso · violaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "violador" for "violados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "violador" is an adjective and "violados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "violador" vs "violados" - which ranks higher?
"violador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,073 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "violador" 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 #108,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violador" 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 #108,821 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