Which to use
“adelantadas” and “adelantados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,906
- “adelantadas” frequency rank
- #34,862
- “adelantados” frequency rank
- 81768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelantadas | adelantados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de adelantado, participio de adelantar o de adelantarse. | Forma del plural de adelantado, participio de adelantar o de adelantarse. |
Where the eye mixes adelantadas and adelantados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. adelantadas and adelantados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between adelantadas and adelantados
A purely visual mix-up. adelantadas ([að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) and adelantados ([að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) 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 “adelantadas” becomes o in “adelantados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81768, 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]. adelantados is at rank #34,862, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞os].
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 81768, this pair ranks #10,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adelantadas vs adelantados
Shared letters: adelnst. Private to "adelantadas": -. Private to "adelantados": o.
"adelantadas" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVC · "adelantados" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adelantadas ← addelantadas · adealntadas · adelanatdas · adelanntadas · adelantaads · adelantadass · adelantaddas · adelantadsa
- adelantados ← addelantados · adealntados · adelanatdos · adelanntados · adelantaddos · adelantadoss · adelantadso · adelantaods
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "adelantadas" vs "adelantados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelantadas" and "adelantados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adelantada vs adelantadas". 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 #10,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.