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“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.

8 ch
cansadas
8 ch
cansados

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

  • cansadas ← acnsadas · canasdas · cannsadas · cansaads · cansadass · cansaddas · cansadsa · cansdaas
  • cansados ← acnsados · canasdos · cannsados · cansaddos · cansadoss · cansadso · cansaods · cansdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cansadas" for "cansados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kãnˈsað̞as] versus [kãnˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cansadas" vs "cansados" - which ranks higher?
"cansados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,628 in our Spanish list, against #36,448 for "cansadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list