Which to use
“cansadas” and “cansados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,448
- “cansadas” frequency rank
- #10,628
- “cansados” frequency rank
- 47076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cansadas | cansados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de cansado. | Forma del masculino plural de cansado. |
Where the eye mixes cansadas and cansados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cansadas and cansados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cansadas vs cansados
A purely visual mix-up. cansadas ([kãnˈsað̞as]) and cansados ([kãnˈsað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “cansadas” becomes o in “cansados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cansadas is recorded at frequency rank #36,448, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kãnˈsað̞as]. cansados is at rank #10,628, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kãnˈsað̞os].
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 47076, this pair ranks #122,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cansadas vs cansados
Shared letters: acdns. Private to "cansadas": -. Private to "cansados": o.
"cansadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "cansados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cansadas" for "cansados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cansadas" vs "cansados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cansadas" and "cansados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cansadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cansados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cansadas" and "cansados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cañadas vs cansadas". 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 #122,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.