Which to use
“castigadas” is a participle and “castigado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,629
- “castigadas” frequency rank
- #11,372
- “castigado” frequency rank
- 59001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | castigadas | castigado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de castigado, participio de castigar o de castigarse. | Participio de castigar. |
Where the eye mixes castigadas and castigado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. castigadas runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against castigado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: castigadas vs castigado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: castigadas is [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞as] while castigado is [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞o]. 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 59001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
castigadas is recorded at frequency rank #47,629, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞as]. castigado is at rank #11,372, tagged as averb, pronounced [kast̪iˈɣ̞að̞o].
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 59001, this pair ranks #64,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of castigadas vs castigado
Shared letters: acdgist. Private to "castigadas": -. Private to "castigado": o.
"castigadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "castigado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- castigadas ← acstigadas · casitgadas · casstigadas · castgiadas · castiagdas · castigaads · castigadass · castigaddas
- castigado ← acstigado · casitgado · casstigado · castgiado · castiagdo · castigaddo · castigaod · castigdao
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "castigadas" and "castigado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "castigadas" or "castigado" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "castigadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "castigado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "castigadas" and "castigado" 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 #64,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.