activadasvsactivadosConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
activadas
9 ch
activados

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

  • activadasacctivadas · acitvadas · actiavdas · actibadas · activaads · activadass · activaddas · activadsa
  • activadosacctivados · acitvados · actiavdos · actibados · activaddos · activadoss · activadso · activaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "activadas" and "activados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akt̪iˈβ̞að̞as] versus [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "activadas" or "activados"?
"activados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,909 in our Spanish list, against #45,102 for "activadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list