Which to use
“adelantadas” is a participle and “adelantado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,906
- “adelantadas” frequency rank
- #7,946
- “adelantado” frequency rank
- 54852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelantadas | adelantado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de adelantado, participio de adelantar o de adelantarse. | Atrevido, que no guarda respeto ni atención. |
Where the eye mixes adelantadas and adelantado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. adelantadas runs 11 letters (VCVCVCCVCVC) against adelantado's 10 (VCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses adelantadas with adelantado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adelantadas is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞as] while adelantado is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. 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 54852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adelantadas is recorded at frequency rank #46,906, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞as]. adelantado is at rank #7,946, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o].
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 54852, this pair ranks #81,504 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adelantadas vs adelantado
Shared letters: adelnt. Private to "adelantadas": s. Private to "adelantado": o.
"adelantadas" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVC · "adelantado" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adelantadas ← addelantadas · adealntadas · adelanatdas · adelanntadas · adelantaads · adelantadass · adelantaddas · adelantadsa
- adelantado ← addelantado · adealntado · adelanatdo · adelanntado · adelantaddo · adelantaod · adelantdao · adelanttado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adelantadas" and "adelantado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "adelantadas" or "adelantado" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adelantadas" and "adelantado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,504 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelantadas" and "adelantado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adelantadas vs adelantados". 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 #81,504 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.