aisladavsaisladosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#11,704
“aislada” frequency rank
#9,396
“aislados” frequency rank
21100
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes aislada and aislados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
aislada
8 ch
aislados

Why the eye confuses aislada with aislados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aislada is [ajsˈlað̞a] while aislados is [ajsˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21100, 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]. aislados is at rank #9,396, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ajsˈlað̞os].

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 21100, this pair ranks #256,413 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aislada vs aislados

Shared letters: adils. Private to "aislada": -. Private to "aislados": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aisladaailsada · aisalda · aislaad · aisladda · aisldaa · aisllada · aisslada · asilada
  • aisladosailsados · aisaldos · aisladdos · aisladoss · aisladso · aislaods · aisldaos · aisllados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aislada" and "aislados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aislada" is an adjective and "aislados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aislada" or "aislados"?
"aislados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,396 in our Spanish list, against #11,704 for "aislada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "aislada" and "aislados" 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 "aislados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,413 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aislada" and "aislados" 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 #256,413 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