chingadavschingadosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#14,544
“chingada” frequency rank
#31,701
“chingados” frequency rank
46245
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chingada chingados
Definition Forma del femenino de chingado, participio de chingar o de chingarse. Forma del plural de chingado, participio de chingar o de chingarse.

Where the eye mixes chingada and chingados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
chingada
9 ch
chingados

Visual trap between chingada and chingados

A purely visual mix-up. chingada ([t͡ʃĩŋˈgað̞a]) and chingados ([t͡ʃĩŋˈgað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chingada is recorded at frequency rank #14,544, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t͡ʃĩŋˈgað̞a]. chingados is at rank #31,701, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t͡ʃĩŋˈgað̞os].

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 46245, this pair ranks #126,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chingada vs chingados

Shared letters: acdghin. Private to "chingada": -. Private to "chingados": os.

"chingada" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV  ·  "chingados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chingadacchingada · chhingada · chignada · chinagda · chingaad · chingadda · chingdaa · chinggada
  • chingadoscchingados · chhingados · chignados · chinagdos · chingaddos · chingadoss · chingadso · chingaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chingada" and "chingados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t͡ʃĩŋˈgað̞a] versus [t͡ʃĩŋˈgað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "chingada" vs "chingados" - which ranks higher?
"chingada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,544 in our Spanish list, against #31,701 for "chingados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "chingada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chingados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chingada" and "chingados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chingados vs chingando". 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 #126,857 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