amadasvsatadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#48,198
“amadas” frequency rank
#24,743
“atadas” frequency rank
72941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amadas atadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de amado. Forma del femenino plural de atado.

Where the eye mixes amadas and atadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
amadas
6 ch
atadas

Why the eye confuses amadas with atadas

A purely visual mix-up. amadas ([aˈmað̞as]) and atadas ([aˈt̪að̞as]) 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 - m in “amadas” becomes t in “atadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amadas is recorded at frequency rank #48,198, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈmað̞as]. atadas is at rank #24,743, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈt̪að̞as].

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 72941, this pair ranks #24,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amadas vs atadas

Shared letters: ads. Private to "amadas": m. Private to "atadas": t.

"amadas" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "atadas" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amadasaamdas · amaads · amadass · amaddas · amadsa · amdaas · maadas
  • atadasaatdas · ataads · atadass · ataddas · atadsa · atdaas · attadas · taadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amadas" for "atadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈmað̞as] versus [aˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "amadas" vs "atadas" - which ranks higher?
"atadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,743 in our Spanish list, against #48,198 for "amadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "amadas" and "atadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amadas" and "atadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amadas vs amarras". 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 #24,314 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