calladasvscargadasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,177
“calladas” frequency rank
#17,892
“cargadas” frequency rank
63069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature calladas cargadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de callado, participio de callar o de callarse. Forma del femenino plural de cargado, participio de cargar.

Where the eye mixes calladas and cargadas

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

8 ch
calladas
8 ch
cargadas

Visual trap between calladas and cargadas

A purely visual mix-up. calladas ([kaˈʝað̞as]) and cargadas ([kaɾˈɣ̞að̞as]) 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 63069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

calladas is recorded at frequency rank #45,177, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈʝað̞as]. cargadas is at rank #17,892, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kaɾˈɣ̞að̞as].

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 63069, this pair ranks #49,963 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of calladas vs cargadas

Shared letters: acds. Private to "calladas": l. Private to "cargadas": gr.

"calladas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "cargadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • calladasaclladas · caladas · calaldas · callaads · calladass · calladdas · calladsa · calldaas
  • cargadasacrgadas · cagradas · caragdas · cargaads · cargadass · cargaddas · cargadsa · cargdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "calladas" and "cargadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈʝað̞as] versus [kaɾˈɣ̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "calladas" or "cargadas" show up more?
"cargadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,892 in our Spanish list, against #45,177 for "calladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "calladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cargadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,963 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "calladas" and "cargadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calladas 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 #49,963 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