abrazadavsabrazadosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: abrazada is a noun, abrazados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“abrazada” is a noun and “abrazados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,892
“abrazada” frequency rank
#39,548
“abrazados” frequency rank
86440
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abrazada abrazados
Definition Acción o efecto de abrazar Forma del plural de abrazado, participio de abrazar o de abrazarse.

Where the eye mixes abrazada and abrazados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. abrazada runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against abrazados's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
abrazada
9 ch
abrazados

Look-alike desk: abrazada vs abrazados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abrazada is [aβ̞ɾaˈsað̞a] while abrazados is [aβ̞ɾaˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abrazada is recorded at frequency rank #46,892, classified as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞ɾaˈsað̞a]. abrazados is at rank #39,548, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aβ̞ɾaˈsað̞os].

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 86440, this pair ranks #5,292 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of abrazada vs abrazados

Shared letters: abdrz. Private to "abrazada": -. Private to "abrazados": os.

"abrazada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "abrazados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abrazadaabarzada · abbrazada · abraazda · abrazaad · abrazadda · abrazdaa · abrazzada · abrrazada
  • abrazadosabarzados · abbrazados · abraazdos · abrazaddos · abrazadoss · abrazadso · abrazaods · abrazdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abrazada" and "abrazados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "abrazada" is a noun and "abrazados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "abrazada" or "abrazados" show up more?
"abrazados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,548 in our Spanish list, against #46,892 for "abrazada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abrazada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "abrazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,292 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abrazada" and "abrazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrazada vs abrumada". 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 #5,292 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