baladasvsbasadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#36,423
“baladas” frequency rank
#7,825
“basadas” frequency rank
44248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baladas basadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de balado, participio de balar. Forma del femenino plural de basado, participio de basar o de basarse.

Where the eye mixes baladas and basadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
baladas
7 ch
basadas

Visual trap between baladas and basadas

A purely visual mix-up. baladas ([baˈlað̞as]) and basadas ([baˈsað̞as]) 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 - l in “baladas” becomes s in “basadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baladas is recorded at frequency rank #36,423, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [baˈlað̞as]. basadas is at rank #7,825, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [baˈsað̞as].

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 44248, this pair ranks #138,117 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of baladas vs basadas

Shared letters: abds. Private to "baladas": l. Private to "basadas": -.

"baladas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "basadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • baladasabladas · baaldas · balaads · baladass · baladdas · baladsa · baldaas · balladas
  • basadasabsadas · baasdas · basaads · basadass · basaddas · basadsa · basdaas · bassadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "baladas" and "basadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([baˈlað̞as] versus [baˈsað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "baladas" or "basadas" show up more?
"basadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,825 in our Spanish list, against #36,423 for "baladas". 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 "baladas" and "basadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "basadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #138,117 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baladas" and "basadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baladas vs balanzas". 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 #138,117 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