bautizadavsbautizadosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,988
“bautizada” frequency rank
#34,906
“bautizados” frequency rank
67894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bautizada bautizados
Definition Forma del femenino de bautizado, participio de bautizar. Forma del plural de bautizado, participio de bautizar.

Where the eye mixes bautizada and bautizados

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

9 ch
bautizada
10 ch
bautizados

Visual trap between bautizada and bautizados

A purely visual mix-up. bautizada ([bawt̪iˈsað̞a]) and bautizados ([bawt̪iˈsað̞os]) 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 67894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bautizada is recorded at frequency rank #32,988, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bawt̪iˈsað̞a]. bautizados is at rank #34,906, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bawt̪iˈsað̞os].

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 67894, this pair ranks #35,935 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of bautizada vs bautizados

Shared letters: abdituz. Private to "bautizada": -. Private to "bautizados": os.

"bautizada" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCV  ·  "bautizados" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bautizada ← abutizada · batuizada · bauitzada · bautiazda · bautizaad · bautizadda · bautizdaa · bautizzada
  • bautizados ← abutizados · batuizados · bauitzados · bautiazdos · bautizaddos · bautizadoss · bautizadso · bautizaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bautizada" for "bautizados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bawt̪iˈsað̞a] versus [bawt̪iˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bautizada" vs "bautizados" - which ranks higher?
"bautizada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,988 in our Spanish list, against #34,906 for "bautizados". 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 "bautizada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bautizados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,935 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bautizada" and "bautizados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bautizados vs bautizaron". 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 #35,935 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