aisladavsaisladasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: aislada is a adjective, aisladas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aislada” is an adjective and “aisladas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,704
“aislada” frequency rank
#14,269
“aisladas” frequency rank
25973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aislada aisladas
Definition Forma del femenino de aislado. Forma del femenino plural de aislado, participio de aislar o de aislarse.

Where the eye mixes aislada and aisladas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
aislada
8 ch
aisladas

Look-alike desk: aislada vs aisladas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aislada is [ajsˈlað̞a] while aisladas is [ajsˈlað̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “aislada” sits inside “aisladas”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aislada is recorded at frequency rank #11,704, classified as anadj, pronounced [ajsˈlað̞a]. aisladas is at rank #14,269, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ajsˈlað̞as].

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 25973, this pair ranks #233,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aislada vs aisladas

Shared letters: adils. Private to "aislada": -. Private to "aisladas": -.

"aislada" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCV  ·  "aisladas" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aisladaailsada · aisalda · aislaad · aisladda · aisldaa · aisllada · aisslada · asilada
  • aisladasailsadas · aisaldas · aislaads · aisladass · aisladdas · aisladsa · aisldaas · aislladas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aislada" and "aisladas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aislada" is an adjective and "aisladas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aislada" or "aisladas" show up more?
"aislada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,704 in our Spanish list, against #14,269 for "aisladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "aislada" and "aisladas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aislada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aisladas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aislada" and "aisladas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aislada vs ansiada". 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 #233,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list