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

#37,965
“arraigadas” frequency rank
#39,579
“arraigados” frequency rank
77544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arraigadas arraigados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de arraigado, participio de arraigar o de arraigarse. Forma del plural de arraigado, participio de arraigar o de arraigarse.

Where the eye mixes arraigadas and arraigados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. arraigadas and arraigados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
arraigadas
10 ch
arraigados

Why the eye confuses arraigadas with arraigados

A purely visual mix-up. arraigadas ([arajˈɣ̞að̞as]) and arraigados ([arajˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 - a in “arraigadas” becomes o in “arraigados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arraigadas is recorded at frequency rank #37,965, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [arajˈɣ̞að̞as]. arraigados is at rank #39,579, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [arajˈɣ̞að̞os].

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 77544, this pair ranks #15,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of arraigadas vs arraigados

Shared letters: adgirs. Private to "arraigadas": -. Private to "arraigados": o.

"arraigadas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVC  ·  "arraigados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • arraigadasaraigadas · ararigadas · arragiadas · arraiagdas · arraigaads · arraigadass · arraigaddas · arraigadsa
  • arraigadosaraigados · ararigados · arragiados · arraiagdos · arraigaddos · arraigadoss · arraigadso · arraigaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "arraigadas" and "arraigados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([arajˈɣ̞að̞as] versus [arajˈɣ̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "arraigadas" or "arraigados"?
"arraigadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,965 in our Spanish list, against #39,579 for "arraigados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "arraigadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arraigados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arraigadas" and "arraigados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arraigados vs arruinados". 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 #15,841 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