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

#37,985
“blindada” frequency rank
#24,040
“blindados” frequency rank
62025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blindada blindados
Definition Forma del femenino de blindado, participio de blindar. Forma del plural de blindado, participio de blindar.

Where the eye mixes blindada and blindados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. blindada runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against blindados's 9 (CCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
blindada
9 ch
blindados

Look-alike desk: blindada vs blindados

A purely visual mix-up. blindada ([blĩn̪ˈd̪að̞a]) and blindados ([blĩn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) 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 62025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blindada is recorded at frequency rank #37,985, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [blĩn̪ˈd̪að̞a]. blindados is at rank #24,040, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [blĩn̪ˈd̪að̞os].

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 62025, this pair ranks #53,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of blindada vs blindados

Shared letters: abdiln. Private to "blindada": -. Private to "blindados": os.

"blindada" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV  ·  "blindados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blindada ← bblindada · bilndada · blidnada · blinadda · blindaad · blindadda · blinddaa · blinddada
  • blindados ← bblindados · bilndados · blidnados · blinaddos · blindaddos · blindadoss · blindadso · blindaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "blindada" and "blindados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([blĩn̪ˈd̪að̞a] versus [blĩn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "blindada" or "blindados" show up more?
"blindados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,040 in our Spanish list, against #37,985 for "blindada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "blindada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "blindados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blindada" and "blindados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blindada vs blindar". 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 #53,435 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