Which to use
“afiladas” is an adjective and “afiliada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,408
- “afiladas” frequency rank
- #33,915
- “afiliada” frequency rank
- 71323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afiladas | afiliada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de afilado. | Forma del femenino de afiliado, participio de afiliar o de afiliarse. |
Where the eye mixes afiladas and afiliada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. afiladas (VCVCVCVC) and afiliada (VCVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between afiladas and afiliada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: afiladas is [afiˈlað̞as] while afiliada is [afiˈljað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71323, 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]. afiliada is at rank #33,915, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [afiˈljað̞a].
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 71323, this pair ranks #27,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of afiladas vs afiliada
Shared letters: adfil. Private to "afiladas": s. Private to "afiliada": -.
"afiladas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "afiliada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afiladas" and "afiliada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "afiladas" vs "afiliada" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "afiladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afiliada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afiladas" and "afiliada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afiliada vs aliviada". 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 #27,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.