alejadasvsalejadosConfusable pair

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“alejadas” and “alejados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,215
“alejadas” frequency rank
#12,749
“alejados” frequency rank
33964
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alejadas alejados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de alejado. Forma del plural de alejado.

Where the eye mixes alejadas and alejados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alejadas and alejados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Look-alike desk: alejadas vs alejados

A purely visual mix-up. alejadas ([aleˈxað̞as]) and alejados ([aleˈxað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “alejadas” becomes o in “alejados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alejadas is recorded at frequency rank #21,215, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aleˈxað̞as]. alejados is at rank #12,749, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aleˈxað̞os].

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 33964, this pair ranks #193,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alejadas vs alejados

Shared letters: adejls. Private to "alejadas": -. Private to "alejados": o.

"alejadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "alejados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alejadasaeljadas · aleajdas · alejaads · alejadass · alejaddas · alejadsa · alejdaas · alejjadas
  • alejadosaeljados · aleajdos · alejaddos · alejadoss · alejadso · alejaods · alejdaos · alejjados

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alejadas" and "alejados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aleˈxað̞as] versus [aleˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "alejadas" or "alejados"?
"alejados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,749 in our Spanish list, against #21,215 for "alejadas". 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 "alejadas" and "alejados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alejadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alejados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alejadas" and "alejados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alejadas vs alejamos". 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 #193,939 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