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

#36,921
“aplastada” frequency rank
#40,127
“aplastados” frequency rank
77048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aplastada aplastados
Definition Forma del femenino de aplastado, participio de aplastar. Forma del plural de aplastado, participio de aplastar.

Where the eye mixes aplastada and aplastados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. aplastada runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against aplastados's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
aplastada
10 ch
aplastados

Visual trap between aplastada and aplastados

A purely visual mix-up. aplastada ([aplasˈt̪að̞a]) and aplastados ([aplasˈt̪að̞os]) 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 77048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aplastada is recorded at frequency rank #36,921, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aplasˈt̪að̞a]. aplastados is at rank #40,127, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aplasˈt̪að̞os].

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 77048, this pair ranks #16,690 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aplastada vs aplastados

Shared letters: adlpst. Private to "aplastada": -. Private to "aplastados": o.

"aplastada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "aplastados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aplastadaalpastada · apalstada · aplasatda · aplasstada · aplastaad · aplastadda · aplastdaa · aplasttada
  • aplastadosalpastados · apalstados · aplasatdos · aplasstados · aplastaddos · aplastadoss · aplastadso · aplastaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aplastada" and "aplastados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aplasˈt̪að̞a] versus [aplasˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aplastada" or "aplastados" show up more?
"aplastada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,921 in our Spanish list, against #40,127 for "aplastados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aplastada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aplastados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,690 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aplastada" and "aplastados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aplastados 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 #16,690 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