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

#13,406
“centrada” frequency rank
#29,971
“centradas” frequency rank
43377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature centrada centradas
Definition Forma del femenino de centrado, participio de centrar. Forma del femenino plural de centrado, participio de centrar.

Where the eye mixes centrada and centradas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. centrada runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against centradas's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
centrada
9 ch
centradas

Look-alike desk: centrada vs centradas

A purely visual mix-up. centrada ([sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞a]) and centradas ([sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞as]) 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) - “centrada” sits inside “centradas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

centrada is recorded at frequency rank #13,406, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞a]. centradas is at rank #29,971, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞as].

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 43377, this pair ranks #142,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of centrada vs centradas

Shared letters: acdenrt. Private to "centrada": -. Private to "centradas": s.

"centrada" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "centradas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • centrada ← ccentrada · cenntrada · cenrtada · centarda · centraad · centradda · centrdaa · centrrada
  • centradas ← ccentradas · cenntradas · cenrtadas · centardas · centraads · centradass · centraddas · centradsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "centrada" and "centradas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞a] versus [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "centrada" or "centradas" show up more?
"centrada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,406 in our Spanish list, against #29,971 for "centradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "centrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "centradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #142,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "centrada" and "centradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "centradas vs centramos". 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 #142,984 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