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

#39,625
“canceladas” frequency rank
#27,539
“congeladas” frequency rank
67164
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature canceladas congeladas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cancelado, participio de cancelar. Forma del femenino plural de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse.

Where the eye mixes canceladas and congeladas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. canceladas and congeladas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
canceladas
10 ch
congeladas

Look-alike desk: canceladas vs congeladas

A purely visual mix-up. canceladas ([kãnseˈlað̞as]) and congeladas ([kõŋxeˈlað̞as]) 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 67164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

canceladas is recorded at frequency rank #39,625, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kãnseˈlað̞as]. congeladas is at rank #27,539, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞as].

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 67164, this pair ranks #37,871 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of canceladas vs congeladas

Shared letters: acdelns. Private to "canceladas": -. Private to "congeladas": go.

"canceladas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "congeladas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • canceladas ← acnceladas · cacneladas · cancceladas · cancealdas · cancelaads · canceladass · canceladdas · canceladsa
  • congeladas ← ccongeladas · cnogeladas · cogneladas · conegladas · congealdas · congelaads · congeladass · congeladdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "canceladas" and "congeladas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kãnseˈlað̞as] versus [kõŋxeˈlað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "canceladas" or "congeladas" show up more?
"congeladas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,539 in our Spanish list, against #39,625 for "canceladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "canceladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "congeladas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,871 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "canceladas" and "congeladas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canceladas vs cancelados". 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 #37,871 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