Which to use
“aisladas” is a participle and “aislado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,269
- “aisladas” frequency rank
- #7,814
- “aislado” frequency rank
- 22083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aisladas | aislado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de aislado, participio de aislar o de aislarse. | Se dice de algo que ha quedado lejos o sin posibilidad de comunicarse con los otros de su misma especie. |
Where the eye mixes aisladas and aislado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between aisladas and aislado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aisladas is [ajsˈlað̞as] while aislado is [ajsˈlað̞o]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aisladas is recorded at frequency rank #14,269, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ajsˈlað̞as]. aislado is at rank #7,814, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ajsˈlað̞o].
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 22083, this pair ranks #252,021 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aisladas vs aislado
Shared letters: adils. Private to "aisladas": -. Private to "aislado": o.
"aisladas" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCVC · "aislado" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aisladas" for "aislado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aisladas" or "aislado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aisladas" and "aislado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aisladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aislado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,021 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aisladas" and "aislado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aisladas vs asadas". 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 #252,021 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.