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

#40,691
“captada” frequency rank
#10,803
“cargada” frequency rank
51494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature captada cargada
Definition Forma del femenino de captado, participio de captar. Forma del femenino de cargado, participio de cargar.

Where the eye mixes captada and cargada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
captada
7 ch
cargada

Look-alike desk: captada vs cargada

A purely visual mix-up. captada ([kapˈt̪að̞a]) and cargada ([kaɾˈɣ̞að̞a]) 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 51494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

captada is recorded at frequency rank #40,691, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kapˈt̪að̞a]. cargada is at rank #10,803, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kaɾˈɣ̞að̞a].

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 51494, this pair ranks #97,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of captada vs cargada

Shared letters: acd. Private to "captada": pt. Private to "cargada": gr.

"captada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "cargada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • captadaacptada · capatda · capptada · captaad · captadda · captdaa · capttada · catpada
  • cargadaacrgada · cagrada · caragda · cargaad · cargadda · cargdaa · carggada · carrgada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "captada" and "cargada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kapˈt̪að̞a] versus [kaɾˈɣ̞að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "captada" or "cargada"?
"cargada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,803 in our Spanish list, against #40,691 for "captada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "captada" and "cargada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "captada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cargada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "captada" and "cargada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captada vs carnada". 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 #97,596 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