Which to use
“afilada” and “afilado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,867
- “afilada” frequency rank
- #30,315
- “afilado” frequency rank
- 65182
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afilada | afilado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de afilado. | Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante. |
Where the eye mixes afilada and afilado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. afilada and afilado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: afilada vs afilado
A purely visual mix-up. afilada ([afiˈlað̞a]) and afilado ([afiˈlað̞o]) 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 “afilada” becomes o in “afilado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65182, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afilada is recorded at frequency rank #34,867, classified as anadj, pronounced [afiˈlað̞a]. afilado is at rank #30,315, tagged as anadj, pronounced [afiˈlað̞o].
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 65182, this pair ranks #43,402 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of afilada vs afilado
Shared letters: adfil. Private to "afilada": -. Private to "afilado": o.
"afilada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "afilado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "afilada" for "afilado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "afilada" vs "afilado" - 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 "afilada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afilado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,402 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afilada" and "afilado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afilada vs afilar". 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 #43,402 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.