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

#47,535
“alineada” frequency rank
#19,613
“alineados” frequency rank
67148
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alineada alineados
Definition Forma del femenino de alineado, participio de alinear. Forma del plural de alineado, participio de alinear.

Where the eye mixes alineada and alineados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alineada runs 8 letters (VCVCVVCV) against alineados's 9 (VCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
alineada
9 ch
alineados

Look-alike desk: alineada vs alineados

A purely visual mix-up. alineada ([alineˈað̞a]) and alineados ([alineˈað̞os]) 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 67148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alineada is recorded at frequency rank #47,535, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [alineˈað̞a]. alineados is at rank #19,613, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [alineˈað̞os].

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 67148, this pair ranks #37,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alineada vs alineados

Shared letters: adeiln. Private to "alineada": -. Private to "alineados": os.

"alineada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV  ·  "alineados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alineada ← ailneada · alienada · alinaeda · alineaad · alineadda · alinedaa · alinneada · allineada
  • alineados ← ailneados · alienados · alinaedos · alineaddos · alineadoss · alineadso · alineaods · alinedaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alineada" for "alineados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([alineˈað̞a] versus [alineˈað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "alineada" vs "alineados" - which ranks higher?
"alineados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,613 in our Spanish list, against #47,535 for "alineada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "alineada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alineados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alineada" and "alineados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alineada vs aliviada". 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 #37,913 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