Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.