arregladasvsarreglamosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: arregladas is a participle, arreglamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“arregladas” is a participle and “arreglamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,561
“arregladas” frequency rank
#22,268
“arreglamos” frequency rank
66829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arregladas arreglamos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de arreglado. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de arreglar o de arreglarse.

Where the eye mixes arregladas and arreglamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
arregladas
10 ch
arreglamos

Why the eye confuses arregladas with arreglamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arregladas is [areˈɣ̞lað̞as] while arreglamos is [areˈɣ̞lamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arregladas is recorded at frequency rank #44,561, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [areˈɣ̞lað̞as]. arreglamos is at rank #22,268, tagged as averb, pronounced [areˈɣ̞lamos].

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 66829, this pair ranks #38,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of arregladas vs arreglamos

Shared letters: aeglrs. Private to "arregladas": d. Private to "arreglamos": mo.

"arregladas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "arreglamos" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • arregladasaregladas · arergladas · arregaldas · arreggladas · arreglaads · arregladass · arregladdas · arregladsa
  • arreglamosareglamos · arerglamos · arregalmos · arregglamos · arreglammos · arreglamoss · arreglamso · arreglaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "arregladas" for "arreglamos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "arregladas" is a participle and "arreglamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "arregladas" or "arreglamos" show up more?
"arreglamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,268 in our Spanish list, against #44,561 for "arregladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "arregladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arreglamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arregladas" and "arreglamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arreglaba vs arregladas". 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 #38,761 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