Which to use
“aldea” and “aldeas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,976
- “aldea” frequency rank
- #9,572
- “aldeas” frequency rank
- 13548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aldea | aldeas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pueblo con poca población y, por lo general, sin leyes propias. | Forma del plural de aldea. |
Where the eye mixes aldea and aldeas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: aldea vs aldeas
A purely visual mix-up. aldea ([al̪ˈd̪ea]) and aldeas ([al̪ˈd̪eas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “aldea” sits inside “aldeas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aldea is recorded at frequency rank #3,976, classified as anoun, pronounced [al̪ˈd̪ea]. aldeas is at rank #9,572, tagged as anoun, pronounced [al̪ˈd̪eas].
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 13548, this pair ranks #287,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aldea vs aldeas
Shared letters: adel. Private to "aldea": -. Private to "aldeas": s.
"aldea" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "aldeas" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aldea" and "aldeas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aldea" or "aldeas" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "aldea" and "aldeas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aldea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aldeas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aldea" and "aldeas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aldeas vs almenas". 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 #287,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.