Which to use
“castigada” is a participle and “castigando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,056
- “castigada” frequency rank
- #37,480
- “castigando” frequency rank
- 61536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | castigada | castigando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de castigado, participio de castigar o de castigarse. | Gerundio de castigar. |
Where the eye mixes castigada and castigando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. castigada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against castigando's 10 (CVCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: castigada vs castigando
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: castigada is [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞a] while castigando is [kast̪iˈɣ̞ãn̪d̪o]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61536, 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]. castigando is at rank #37,480, tagged as averb, pronounced [kast̪iˈɣ̞ãn̪d̪o].
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 61536, this pair ranks #55,111 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of castigada vs castigando
Shared letters: acdgist. Private to "castigada": -. Private to "castigando": no.
"castigada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "castigando" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- castigada ← acstigada · casitgada · casstigada · castgiada · castiagda · castigaad · castigadda · castigdaa
- castigando ← acstigando · casitgando · casstigando · castgiando · castiagndo · castigadno · castiganddo · castiganndo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "castigada" for "castigando" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "castigada" or "castigando" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "castigada" and "castigando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "castigada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "castigando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,111 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "castigada" and "castigando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "castigada vs castigadas". 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 #55,111 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.