Which to use
“activadas” and “activados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,102
- “activadas” frequency rank
- #33,909
- “activados” frequency rank
- 79011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activadas | activados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de activado, participio de activar. | Forma del plural de activado, participio de activar. |
Where the eye mixes activadas and activados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses activadas with activados
A purely visual mix-up. activadas ([akt̪iˈβ̞að̞as]) and activados ([akt̪iˈβ̞að̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “activadas” becomes o in “activados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
activadas is recorded at frequency rank #45,102, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞as]. activados is at rank #33,909, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞os].
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 79011, this pair ranks #13,613 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of activadas vs activados
Shared letters: acdistv. Private to "activadas": -. Private to "activados": o.
"activadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "activados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "activadas" and "activados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "activadas" or "activados"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "activadas" and "activados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "activadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "activados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,613 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activadas" and "activados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "activados vs activaron". 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 #13,613 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.