aisladavsancladaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#11,704
“aislada” frequency rank
#43,967
“anclada” frequency rank
55671
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aislada anclada
Definition Forma del femenino de aislado. Forma del femenino de anclado, participio de anclar.

Where the eye mixes aislada and anclada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
aislada
7 ch
anclada

Visual trap between aislada and anclada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aislada is [ajsˈlað̞a] while anclada is [ãŋˈklað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 55671, 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]. anclada is at rank #43,967, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ãŋˈklað̞a].

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 55671, this pair ranks #77,866 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aislada vs anclada

Shared letters: adl. Private to "aislada": is. Private to "anclada": cn.

"aislada" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCV  ·  "anclada" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aisladaailsada · aisalda · aislaad · aisladda · aisldaa · aisllada · aisslada · asilada
  • ancladaacnlada · ancalda · ancclada · anclaad · ancladda · ancldaa · ancllada · anlcada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aislada" for "anclada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aislada" is an adjective and "anclada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aislada" or "anclada"?
"aislada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,704 in our Spanish list, against #43,967 for "anclada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "aislada" and "anclada" 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 "anclada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,866 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aislada" and "anclada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anclada 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 #77,866 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