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

#20,610
“colocadas” frequency rank
#15,566
“colocados” frequency rank
36176
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes colocadas and colocados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. colocadas and colocados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
colocadas
9 ch
colocados

Look-alike desk: colocadas vs colocados

A purely visual mix-up. colocadas ([koloˈkað̞as]) and colocados ([koloˈkað̞os]) 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 “colocadas” becomes o in “colocados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

colocadas is recorded at frequency rank #20,610, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [koloˈkað̞as]. colocados is at rank #15,566, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koloˈkað̞os].

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 36176, this pair ranks #182,052 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of colocadas vs colocados

Shared letters: acdlos. Private to "colocadas": -. Private to "colocados": -.

"colocadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "colocados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • colocadasccolocadas · cloocadas · colcoadas · collocadas · coloacdas · colocaads · colocadass · colocaddas
  • colocadosccolocados · cloocados · colcoados · collocados · coloacdos · colocaddos · colocadoss · colocadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "colocadas" and "colocados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koloˈkað̞as] versus [koloˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "colocadas" vs "colocados" - which ranks higher?
"colocados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,566 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "colocadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "colocados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,052 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colocadas" and "colocados" 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 #182,052 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