bancadasvsbasadasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bancadas is a noun, basadas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bancadas” is a noun and “basadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,996
“bancadas” frequency rank
#7,825
“basadas” frequency rank
51821
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bancadas basadas
Definition Forma del plural de bancada. Forma del femenino plural de basado, participio de basar o de basarse.

Where the eye mixes bancadas and basadas

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

8 ch
bancadas
7 ch
basadas

Why the eye confuses bancadas with basadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bancadas is [bãŋˈkað̞as] while basadas is [baˈsað̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bancadas is recorded at frequency rank #43,996, classified as anoun, pronounced [bãŋˈkað̞as]. 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 51821, this pair ranks #95,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bancadas vs basadas

Shared letters: abds. Private to "bancadas": cn. Private to "basadas": -.

"bancadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "basadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bancadasabncadas · bacnadas · banacdas · bancaads · bancadass · bancaddas · bancadsa · banccadas
  • basadasabsadas · baasdas · basaads · basadass · basaddas · basadsa · basdaas · bassadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bancadas" for "basadas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bancadas" is a noun and "basadas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "bancadas" 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 #43,996 for "bancadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "bancadas" 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 #95,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bancadas" and "basadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bancadas vs buscadas". 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 #95,867 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