alojabavsalojadaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: alojaba is a verb, alojada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“alojaba” is a verb and “alojada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,793
“alojaba” frequency rank
#40,630
“alojada” frequency rank
89423
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alojaba alojada
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alojar o de alojarse. Forma del femenino de alojado, participio de alojar o de alojarse.

Where the eye mixes alojaba and alojada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alojaba and alojada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
alojaba
7 ch
alojada

Look-alike desk: alojaba vs alojada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alojaba is [aloˈxaβ̞a] while alojada is [aloˈxað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - b in “alojaba” becomes d in “alojada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alojaba is recorded at frequency rank #48,793, classified as averb, pronounced [aloˈxaβ̞a]. alojada is at rank #40,630, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aloˈxað̞a].

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 89423, this pair ranks #3,143 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alojaba vs alojada

Shared letters: ajlo. Private to "alojaba": b. Private to "alojada": d.

"alojaba" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "alojada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alojabaaljoaba · allojaba · aloajba · alojaab · alojabba · alojava · alojbaa · alojjaba
  • alojadaaljoada · allojada · aloajda · alojaad · alojadda · alojdaa · alojjada · aoljada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alojaba" and "alojada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alojaba" is a verb and "alojada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alojaba" or "alojada" show up more?
"alojada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,630 in our Spanish list, against #48,793 for "alojaba". 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 "alojaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alojada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,143 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alojaba" and "alojada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alocada vs alojaba". 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 #3,143 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