Which to use
“coartada” is a noun and “cortadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,945
- “coartada” frequency rank
- #18,202
- “cortadas” frequency rank
- 53147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coartada | cortadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Constancia o argumento que explica la ausencia de un sospechoso en el paraje en que se cometió el delito, al mismo tiempo y hora en que se supone haberse cometido. | Forma del femenino plural de cortado, participio de cortar o de cortarse. |
Where the eye mixes coartada and cortadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. coartada (CVVCCVCV) and cortadas (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses coartada with cortadas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: coartada is [koaɾˈt̪að̞a] while cortadas is [koɾˈt̪að̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coartada is recorded at frequency rank #34,945, classified as anoun, pronounced [koaɾˈt̪að̞a]. cortadas is at rank #18,202, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koɾˈt̪að̞as].
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 53147, this pair ranks #89,297 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coartada vs cortadas
Shared letters: acdort. Private to "coartada": -. Private to "cortadas": s.
"coartada" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "cortadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coartada" and "cortadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "coartada" or "cortadas" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "coartada" and "cortadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coartada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cortadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,297 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coartada" and "cortadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carnada vs coartada". 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 #89,297 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.