Which to use
“citada” and “citadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,112
- “citada” frequency rank
- #17,634
- “citadas” frequency rank
- 27746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citada | citadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de citado, participio de citar o de citarse. | Forma del femenino plural de citado, participio de citar o de citarse. |
Where the eye mixes citada and citadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between citada and citadas
A purely visual mix-up. citada ([siˈt̪að̞a]) and citadas ([siˈt̪að̞as]) 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) - “citada” sits inside “citadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citada is recorded at frequency rank #10,112, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [siˈt̪að̞a]. citadas is at rank #17,634, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [siˈt̪að̞as].
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 27746, this pair ranks #225,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of citada vs citadas
Shared letters: acdit. Private to "citada": -. Private to "citadas": s.
"citada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "citadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "citada" and "citadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "citada" or "citadas" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "citada" and "citadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "citada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "citadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #225,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citada" and "citadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cañadas vs citadas". 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 #225,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.