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Which to use

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

#34,476
“capacitada” frequency rank
#48,272
“capacitadas” frequency rank
82748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature capacitada capacitadas
Definition Forma del femenino de capacitado, participio de capacitar o de capacitarse. Forma del femenino plural de capacitado, participio de capacitar o de capacitarse.

Where the eye mixes capacitada and capacitadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
capacitada
11 ch
capacitadas

Why the eye confuses capacitada with capacitadas

A purely visual mix-up. capacitada ([kapasiˈt̪að̞a]) and capacitadas ([kapasiˈt̪að̞as]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “capacitada” sits inside “capacitadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

capacitada is recorded at frequency rank #34,476, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kapasiˈt̪að̞a]. capacitadas is at rank #48,272, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kapasiˈt̪að̞as].

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 82748, this pair ranks #8,912 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of capacitada vs capacitadas

Shared letters: acdipt. Private to "capacitada": -. Private to "capacitadas": s.

"capacitada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "capacitadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • capacitadaacpacitada · caapcitada · capaccitada · capaciatda · capacitaad · capacitadda · capacitdaa · capacittada
  • capacitadasacpacitadas · caapcitadas · capaccitadas · capaciatdas · capacitaads · capacitadass · capacitaddas · capacitadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "capacitada" for "capacitadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kapasiˈt̪að̞a] versus [kapasiˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "capacitada" or "capacitadas"?
"capacitada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,476 in our Spanish list, against #48,272 for "capacitadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "capacitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "capacitadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,912 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "capacitada" and "capacitadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capacitadas vs capacitados". 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 #8,912 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