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

#33,935
“apartada” frequency rank
#36,921
“aplastada” frequency rank
70856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apartada aplastada
Definition Forma del femenino de apartado. Forma del femenino de aplastado, participio de aplastar.

Where the eye mixes apartada and aplastada

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

8 ch
apartada
9 ch
aplastada

Why the eye confuses apartada with aplastada

A purely visual mix-up. apartada ([apaɾˈt̪að̞a]) and aplastada ([aplasˈt̪að̞a]) 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 70856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apartada is recorded at frequency rank #33,935, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apaɾˈt̪að̞a]. aplastada is at rank #36,921, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aplasˈt̪að̞a].

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 70856, this pair ranks #28,766 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apartada vs aplastada

Shared letters: adpt. Private to "apartada": r. Private to "aplastada": ls.

"apartada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aplastada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apartadaaaprtada · aparatda · aparrtada · apartaad · apartadda · apartdaa · aparttada · apatrada
  • aplastadaalpastada · apalstada · aplasatda · aplasstada · aplastaad · aplastadda · aplastdaa · aplasttada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apartada" and "aplastada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([apaɾˈt̪að̞a] versus [aplasˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "apartada" vs "aplastada" - which ranks higher?
"apartada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,935 in our Spanish list, against #36,921 for "aplastada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "apartada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aplastada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,766 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apartada" and "aplastada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aplastada vs aplastando". 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 #28,766 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