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“adornadas” and “adornados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,353
- “adornadas” frequency rank
- #41,717
- “adornados” frequency rank
- 85070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adornadas | adornados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de adornado, participio de adornar. | Forma del plural de adornado, participio de adornar. |
Where the eye mixes adornadas and adornados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: adornadas vs adornados
A purely visual mix-up. adornadas ([að̞oɾˈnað̞as]) and adornados ([að̞oɾˈnað̞os]) 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 “adornadas” becomes o in “adornados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adornadas is recorded at frequency rank #43,353, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞oɾˈnað̞as]. adornados is at rank #41,717, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞oɾˈnað̞os].
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 85070, this pair ranks #6,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adornadas vs adornados
Shared letters: adnors. Private to "adornadas": -. Private to "adornados": -.
"adornadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "adornados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "adornadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adornados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adornadas" and "adornados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adornadas vs aportadas". 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 #6,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.