Which to use
“afiladas” and “afilado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,408
- “afiladas” frequency rank
- #30,315
- “afilado” frequency rank
- 67723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afiladas | afilado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de afilado. | Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante. |
Where the eye mixes afiladas and afilado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. afiladas runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against afilado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses afiladas with afilado
A purely visual mix-up. afiladas ([afiˈlað̞as]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afiladas is recorded at frequency rank #37,408, classified as anadj, pronounced [afiˈlað̞as]. 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 67723, this pair ranks #36,388 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of afiladas vs afilado
Shared letters: adfil. Private to "afiladas": s. Private to "afilado": o.
"afiladas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "afilado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afiladas" and "afilado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "afiladas" or "afilado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "afiladas" and "afilado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "afiladas" 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 #36,388 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afiladas" and "afilado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afilado 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 #36,388 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.