concretadovsconcretasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: concretado is a verb, concretas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“concretado” is a verb and “concretas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,207
“concretado” frequency rank
#7,526
“concretas” frequency rank
47733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concretado concretas
Definition Participio de concretar o de concretarse. Forma del femenino plural de concreto.

Where the eye mixes concretado and concretas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
concretado
9 ch
concretas

Look-alike desk: concretado vs concretas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concretado is [kõŋkɾeˈt̪að̞o] while concretas is [kõŋˈkɾet̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concretado is recorded at frequency rank #40,207, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋkɾeˈt̪að̞o]. concretas is at rank #7,526, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõŋˈkɾet̪as].

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 47733, this pair ranks #118,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concretado vs concretas

Shared letters: acenort. Private to "concretado": d. Private to "concretas": s.

"concretado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "concretas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concretadocconcretado · cnocretado · cocnretado · conccretado · concreatdo · concretaddo · concretaod · concretdao
  • concretascconcretas · cnocretas · cocnretas · conccretas · concertas · concreats · concretass · concretsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concretado" and "concretas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concretado" is a verb and "concretas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "concretado" or "concretas"?
"concretas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,526 in our Spanish list, against #40,207 for "concretado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "concretado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concretas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concretado" and "concretas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concertado vs concretado". 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 #118,421 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