Which to use
“adecuadas” is a participle and “adecuado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,610
- “adecuadas” frequency rank
- #3,297
- “adecuado” frequency rank
- 11907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adecuadas | adecuado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de adecuado, participio de adecuar o de adecuarse. | Lo que es a propósito y acomodado para alguna cosa. |
Where the eye mixes adecuadas and adecuado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adecuadas runs 9 letters (VCVCVVCVC) against adecuado's 8 (VCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adecuadas and adecuado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adecuadas is [að̞eˈkwað̞as] while adecuado is [að̞eˈkwað̞o]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adecuadas is recorded at frequency rank #8,610, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞eˈkwað̞as]. adecuado is at rank #3,297, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞eˈkwað̞o].
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 11907, this pair ranks #293,436 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adecuadas vs adecuado
Shared letters: acdeu. Private to "adecuadas": s. Private to "adecuado": o.
"adecuadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC · "adecuado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adecuadas" and "adecuado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adecuadas" vs "adecuado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adecuadas" and "adecuado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adecuadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adecuado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,436 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adecuadas" and "adecuado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adecuado vs adecuar". 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 #293,436 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.