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“colgadas” and “colgados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,505
- “colgadas” frequency rank
- #21,258
- “colgados” frequency rank
- 55763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colgadas | colgados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de colgado, participio de colgar o de colgarse. | Forma del plural de colgado, participio de colgar o de colgarse. |
Where the eye mixes colgadas and colgados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: colgadas vs colgados
A purely visual mix-up. colgadas ([kolˈɣ̞að̞as]) and colgados ([kolˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “colgadas” becomes o in “colgados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colgadas is recorded at frequency rank #34,505, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kolˈɣ̞að̞as]. colgados is at rank #21,258, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kolˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 55763, this pair ranks #77,455 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of colgadas vs colgados
Shared letters: acdglos. Private to "colgadas": -. Private to "colgados": -.
"colgadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "colgados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "colgadas" and "colgados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "colgadas" or "colgados" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "colgadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colgados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,455 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colgadas" and "colgados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colgaban vs colgadas". 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 #77,455 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.