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

#21,531
“volador” frequency rank
#40,075
“voladoras” frequency rank
61606
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature volador voladoras
Definition Se dice de lo que tiene capacidad de volar. Forma del femenino plural de volador.

Where the eye mixes volador and voladoras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. volador runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against voladoras's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
volador
9 ch
voladoras

Visual trap between volador and voladoras

A purely visual mix-up. volador ([bolaˈð̞oɾ]) and voladoras ([bolaˈð̞oɾas]) 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) - “volador” sits inside “voladoras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

volador is recorded at frequency rank #21,531, classified as anadj, pronounced [bolaˈð̞oɾ]. voladoras is at rank #40,075, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bolaˈð̞oɾas].

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 61606, this pair ranks #54,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of volador vs voladoras

Shared letters: adlorv. Private to "volador": -. Private to "voladoras": s.

"volador" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "voladoras" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • volador ← bolador · ovlador · vloador · voaldor · voladdor · voladorr · voladro · volaodr
  • voladoras ← boladoras · ovladoras · vloadoras · voaldoras · voladdoras · voladoars · voladorass · voladorras

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "volador" for "voladoras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bolaˈð̞oɾ] versus [bolaˈð̞oɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "volador" vs "voladoras" - which ranks higher?
"volador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,531 in our Spanish list, against #40,075 for "voladoras". 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 "volador" and "voladoras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "volador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voladoras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "volador" and "voladoras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voladora 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 #54,875 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