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Which to use

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

#22,965
“cagadas” frequency rank
#17,634
“citadas” frequency rank
40599
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cagadas citadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cagado, participio de cagar. Forma del femenino plural de citado, participio de citar o de citarse.

Where the eye mixes cagadas and citadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
cagadas
7 ch
citadas

Visual trap between cagadas and citadas

A purely visual mix-up. cagadas ([kaˈɣ̞að̞as]) and citadas ([siˈt̪að̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cagadas is recorded at frequency rank #22,965, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈɣ̞að̞as]. citadas is at rank #17,634, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [siˈt̪að̞as].

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 40599, this pair ranks #158,205 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cagadas vs citadas

Shared letters: acds. Private to "cagadas": g. Private to "citadas": it.

"cagadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "citadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cagadasacgadas · caagdas · cagaads · cagadass · cagaddas · cagadsa · cagdaas · caggadas
  • citadasccitadas · ciatdas · citaads · citadass · citaddas · citadsa · citdaas · cittadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cagadas" and "citadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈɣ̞að̞as] versus [siˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cagadas" or "citadas"?
"citadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,634 in our Spanish list, against #22,965 for "cagadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cagadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "citadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,205 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cagadas" and "citadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagadas vs cañadas". 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 #158,205 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