alimentadavsalimentadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#31,632
“alimentada” frequency rank
#26,301
“alimentados” frequency rank
57933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alimentada alimentados
Definition Forma del femenino de alimentado, participio de alimentar. Forma del plural de alimentado, participio de alimentar.

Where the eye mixes alimentada and alimentados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. alimentada runs 10 letters (VCVCVCCVCV) against alimentados's 11 (VCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
alimentada
11 ch
alimentados

Look-alike desk: alimentada vs alimentados

A purely visual mix-up. alimentada ([alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and alimentados ([alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) 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 57933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alimentada is recorded at frequency rank #31,632, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. alimentados is at rank #26,301, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os].

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 57933, this pair ranks #68,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alimentada vs alimentados

Shared letters: adeilmnt. Private to "alimentada": -. Private to "alimentados": os.

"alimentada" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCV  ·  "alimentados" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alimentadaailmentada · aliemntada · alimenatda · alimenntada · alimentaad · alimentadda · alimentdaa · alimenttada
  • alimentadosailmentados · aliemntados · alimenatdos · alimenntados · alimentaddos · alimentadoss · alimentadso · alimentaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alimentada" and "alimentados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a] versus [alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alimentada" or "alimentados" show up more?
"alimentados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,301 in our Spanish list, against #31,632 for "alimentada". 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 "alimentada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alimentados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alimentada" and "alimentados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentada vs alimentadas". 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 #68,459 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