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

#15,812
“colocada” frequency rank
#20,610
“colocadas” frequency rank
36422
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature colocada colocadas
Definition Forma del femenino de colocado, participio de colocar. Forma del femenino plural de colocado, participio de colocar.

Where the eye mixes colocada and colocadas

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

8 ch
colocada
9 ch
colocadas

Look-alike desk: colocada vs colocadas

A purely visual mix-up. colocada ([koloˈkað̞a]) and colocadas ([koloˈkað̞as]) 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) - “colocada” sits inside “colocadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

colocada is recorded at frequency rank #15,812, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [koloˈkað̞a]. colocadas is at rank #20,610, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koloˈkað̞as].

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 36422, this pair ranks #180,690 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of colocada vs colocadas

Shared letters: acdlo. Private to "colocada": -. Private to "colocadas": s.

"colocada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "colocadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • colocadaccolocada · cloocada · colcoada · collocada · coloacda · colocaad · colocadda · coloccada
  • colocadasccolocadas · cloocadas · colcoadas · collocadas · coloacdas · colocaads · colocadass · colocaddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "colocada" for "colocadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koloˈkað̞a] versus [koloˈkað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "colocada" or "colocadas"?
"colocada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,812 in our Spanish list, against #20,610 for "colocadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "colocada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "colocadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,690 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colocada" and "colocadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colocadas vs colocará". 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 #180,690 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