Which to use
“castigada” and “castigadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,056
- “castigada” frequency rank
- #47,629
- “castigadas” frequency rank
- 71685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | castigada | castigadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de castigado, participio de castigar o de castigarse. | Forma del femenino plural de castigado, participio de castigar o de castigarse. |
Where the eye mixes castigada and castigadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. castigada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against castigadas's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses castigada with castigadas
A purely visual mix-up. castigada ([kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞a]) and castigadas ([kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞as]) 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) - “castigada” sits inside “castigadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
castigada is recorded at frequency rank #24,056, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞a]. castigadas is at rank #47,629, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞as].
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 71685, this pair ranks #26,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of castigada vs castigadas
Shared letters: acdgist. Private to "castigada": -. Private to "castigadas": -.
"castigada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "castigadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- castigada ← acstigada · casitgada · casstigada · castgiada · castiagda · castigaad · castigadda · castigdaa
- castigadas ← acstigadas · casitgadas · casstigadas · castgiadas · castiagdas · castigaads · castigadass · castigaddas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "castigada" for "castigadas" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "castigada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "castigadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "castigada" and "castigadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "castigadas vs castigará". 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 #26,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.