vulneradovsvulnerarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#48,145
“vulnerado” frequency rank
#41,138
“vulnerar” frequency rank
89283
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vulnerado vulnerar
Definition Participio de vulnerar. No cumplir lo que manda una ley, regla, mandato, precepto, etc.Quebrantar, transgredir, violar una ley o precepto.

Where the eye mixes vulnerado and vulnerar

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

9 ch
vulnerado
8 ch
vulnerar

Look-alike desk: vulnerado vs vulnerar

A purely visual mix-up. vulnerado ([bulneˈɾað̞o]) and vulnerar ([bulneˈɾaɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vulnerado is recorded at frequency rank #48,145, classified as averb, pronounced [bulneˈɾað̞o]. vulnerar is at rank #41,138, tagged as averb, pronounced [bulneˈɾaɾ].

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 89283, this pair ranks #3,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vulnerado vs vulnerar

Shared letters: aelnruv. Private to "vulnerado": do. Private to "vulnerar": -.

"vulnerado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "vulnerar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vulneradobulnerado · uvlnerado · vlunerado · vulenrado · vullnerado · vulneardo · vulneraddo · vulneraod
  • vulnerarbulnerar · uvlnerar · vlunerar · vulenrar · vullnerar · vulnearr · vulnerarr · vulnerrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vulnerado" for "vulnerar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bulneˈɾað̞o] versus [bulneˈɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vulnerado" or "vulnerar" show up more?
"vulnerar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,138 in our Spanish list, against #48,145 for "vulnerado". 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 "vulnerado" and "vulnerar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vulnerado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vulnerar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vulnerado" and "vulnerar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vulnera vs vulnerado". 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 #3,224 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