acabadavsapagadaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#18,135
“acabada” frequency rank
#22,936
“apagada” frequency rank
41071
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acabada apagada
Definition Secreciones propias del orgasmo. Forma del femenino de apagado, participio de apagar.

Where the eye mixes acabada and apagada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
acabada
7 ch
apagada

Look-alike desk: acabada vs apagada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acabada is [akaˈβ̞að̞a] while apagada is [apaˈɣ̞að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acabada is recorded at frequency rank #18,135, classified as anoun, pronounced [akaˈβ̞að̞a]. apagada is at rank #22,936, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apaˈɣ̞að̞a].

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 41071, this pair ranks #155,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acabada vs apagada

Shared letters: ad. Private to "acabada": bc. Private to "apagada": gp.

"acabada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "apagada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acabadaaacbada · acaabda · acabaad · acabadda · acabbada · acabdaa · acavada · acbaada
  • apagadaaapgada · apaagda · apagaad · apagadda · apagdaa · apaggada · apgaada · appagada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acabada" and "apagada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acabada" is a noun and "apagada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acabada" or "apagada" show up more?
"acabada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,135 in our Spanish list, against #22,936 for "apagada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acabada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apagada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acabada" and "apagada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apagada vs apodada". 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 #155,660 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