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

#21,215
“alejadas” frequency rank
#38,488
“alteradas” frequency rank
59703
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alejadas alteradas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de alejado. Forma del femenino plural de alterado, participio de alterar.

Where the eye mixes alejadas and alteradas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
alejadas
9 ch
alteradas

Why the eye confuses alejadas with alteradas

A purely visual mix-up. alejadas ([aleˈxað̞as]) and alteradas ([al̪t̪eˈɾað̞as]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59703, 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]. alteradas is at rank #38,488, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [al̪t̪eˈɾað̞as].

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 59703, this pair ranks #61,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alejadas vs alteradas

Shared letters: adels. Private to "alejadas": j. Private to "alteradas": rt.

"alejadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "alteradas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alejadasaeljadas · aleajdas · alejaads · alejadass · alejaddas · alejadsa · alejdaas · alejjadas
  • alteradasaletradas · allteradas · alteardas · alteraads · alteradass · alteraddas · alteradsa · alterdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alejadas" and "alteradas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aleˈxað̞as] versus [al̪t̪eˈɾað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alejadas" or "alteradas" show up more?
"alejadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,215 in our Spanish list, against #38,488 for "alteradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alejadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alteradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alejadas" and "alteradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alteradas vs altercados". 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 #61,658 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