Which to use
“afiladas” and “afilados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,408
- “afiladas” frequency rank
- #37,409
- “afilados” frequency rank
- 74817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afiladas | afilados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de afilado. | Forma del plural de afilado. |
Where the eye mixes afiladas and afilados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: afiladas vs afilados
A purely visual mix-up. afiladas ([afiˈlað̞as]) and afilados ([afiˈlað̞os]) 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 “afiladas” becomes o in “afilados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74817, 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]. afilados is at rank #37,409, tagged as anadj, pronounced [afiˈlað̞os].
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 74817, this pair ranks #20,659 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of afiladas vs afilados
Shared letters: adfils. Private to "afiladas": -. Private to "afilados": o.
"afiladas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "afilados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "afiladas" for "afilados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "afiladas" or "afilados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "afiladas" and "afilados" 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 "afilados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,659 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afiladas" and "afilados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afilados vs agitados". 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 #20,659 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.