animadasvsarrimadasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#23,301
“animadas” frequency rank
#48,820
“arrimadas” frequency rank
72121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature animadas arrimadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de animado, participio de animar o de animarse. Forma del femenino plural de arrimado, participio de arrimar o de arrimarse.

Where the eye mixes animadas and arrimadas

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

8 ch
animadas
9 ch
arrimadas

Why the eye confuses animadas with arrimadas

A purely visual mix-up. animadas ([aniˈmað̞as]) and arrimadas ([ariˈmað̞as]) 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 72121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

animadas is recorded at frequency rank #23,301, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aniˈmað̞as]. arrimadas is at rank #48,820, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ariˈmað̞as].

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 72121, this pair ranks #26,058 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of animadas vs arrimadas

Shared letters: adims. Private to "animadas": n. Private to "arrimadas": r.

"animadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "arrimadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • animadasainmadas · aniamdas · animaads · animadass · animaddas · animadsa · animdaas · animmadas
  • arrimadasarimadas · arirmadas · arriamdas · arrimaads · arrimadass · arrimaddas · arrimadsa · arrimdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "animadas" for "arrimadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aniˈmað̞as] versus [ariˈmað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "animadas" or "arrimadas"?
"animadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,301 in our Spanish list, against #48,820 for "arrimadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "animadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arrimadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,058 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "animadas" and "arrimadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrimadas vs artimañas". 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 #26,058 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