Which to use
“captada” is a participle and “coartada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,691
- “captada” frequency rank
- #34,945
- “coartada” frequency rank
- 75636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captada | coartada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de captado, participio de captar. | Constancia o argumento que explica la ausencia de un sospechoso en el paraje en que se cometió el delito, al mismo tiempo y hora en que se supone haberse cometido. |
Where the eye mixes captada and coartada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. captada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against coartada's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: captada vs coartada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: captada is [kapˈt̪að̞a] while coartada is [koaɾˈt̪að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75636, 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]. coartada is at rank #34,945, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koaɾˈt̪að̞a].
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 75636, this pair ranks #19,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captada vs coartada
Shared letters: acdt. Private to "captada": p. Private to "coartada": or.
"captada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "coartada" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "captada" for "coartada" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "captada" or "coartada" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "captada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coartada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captada" and "coartada" 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 #19,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.