aisladavsansiadaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#11,704
“aislada” frequency rank
#48,799
“ansiada” frequency rank
60503
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aislada ansiada
Definition Forma del femenino de aislado. Forma del femenino de ansiado, participio de ansiar o de ansiarse.

Where the eye mixes aislada and ansiada

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

7 ch
aislada
7 ch
ansiada

Look-alike desk: aislada vs ansiada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aislada is [ajsˈlað̞a] while ansiada is [ãnˈsjað̞a]. 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 60503, 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]. ansiada is at rank #48,799, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ãnˈsjað̞a].

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 60503, this pair ranks #58,717 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aislada vs ansiada

Shared letters: adis. Private to "aislada": l. Private to "ansiada": n.

"aislada" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCV  ·  "ansiada" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aisladaailsada · aisalda · aislaad · aisladda · aisldaa · aisllada · aisslada · asilada
  • ansiadaanciada · anisada · annsiada · ansaida · ansiaad · ansiadda · ansidaa · anssiada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aislada" for "ansiada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aislada" is an adjective and "ansiada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aislada" or "ansiada"?
"aislada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,704 in our Spanish list, against #48,799 for "ansiada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aislada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ansiada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,717 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aislada" and "ansiada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anotada 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 #58,717 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