visitadavsvisitadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: visitada is a participle, visitado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visitada” is a participle and “visitado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,371
“visitada” frequency rank
#8,602
“visitado” frequency rank
41973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visitada visitado
Definition Forma del femenino de visitado, participio de visitar. Participio de visitar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visitada and visitado apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
visitada
8 ch
visitado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visitada is [bisiˈt̪að̞a] while visitado is [bisiˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “visitada” becomes o in “visitado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visitada is recorded at frequency rank #33,371, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bisiˈt̪að̞a]. visitado is at rank #8,602, tagged as averb, pronounced [bisiˈt̪að̞o].

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 41973, this pair ranks #150,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visitada vs visitado

Shared letters: adistv. Private to "visitada": -. Private to "visitado": o.

"visitada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "visitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitadabisitada · ivsitada · vicitada · viistada · visiatda · visitaad · visitadda · visitdaa
  • visitadobisitado · ivsitado · vicitado · viistado · visiatdo · visitaddo · visitaod · visitdao

Frequency comparison

visitada#33,371
visitado#8,602

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visitada" and "visitado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visitada" is a participle and "visitado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visitada" or "visitado"?
"visitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,602 in our Spanish list, against #33,371 for "visitada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering visitada vs visitado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a participle, it's “visitada”; for a verb, it's “visitado”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “visitada” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list