brindavsbrindadaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#5,925
“brinda” frequency rank
#46,380
“brindada” frequency rank
52305
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brinda brindada
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de brindar o de brindarse. Forma del femenino de brindado, participio de brindar o de brindarse.

Where the eye mixes brinda and brindada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. brinda runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against brindada's 8 (CCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
brinda
8 ch
brindada

Visual trap between brinda and brindada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: brinda is [ˈbɾĩn̪d̪a] while brindada is [bɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “brinda” sits inside “brindada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brinda is recorded at frequency rank #5,925, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbɾĩn̪d̪a]. brindada is at rank #46,380, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞a].

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 52305, this pair ranks #93,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of brinda vs brindada

Shared letters: abdinr. Private to "brinda": -. Private to "brindada": -.

"brinda" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "brindada" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brinda ← bbrinda · birnda · bridna · brinad · brindda · brinnda · brnida · brrinda
  • brindada ← bbrindada · birndada · bridnada · brinadda · brindaad · brindadda · brinddaa · brinddada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "brinda" and "brindada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "brinda" is a verb and "brindada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "brinda" or "brindada"?
"brinda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,925 in our Spanish list, against #46,380 for "brindada". 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 "brinda" and "brindada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "brinda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brindada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "brinda" and "brindada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brindaba vs brindada". 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 #93,356 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