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Which to use

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

#12,116
“condenada” frequency rank
#28,693
“condenadas” frequency rank
40809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condenada condenadas
Definition Forma del femenino de condenado, participio de condenar o de condenarse. Forma del femenino plural de condenado, participio de condenar o de condenarse.

Where the eye mixes condenada and condenadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. condenada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against condenadas's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
condenada
10 ch
condenadas

Why the eye confuses condenada with condenadas

A purely visual mix-up. condenada ([kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞a]) and condenadas ([kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞as]) 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) - “condenada” sits inside “condenadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condenada is recorded at frequency rank #12,116, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞a]. condenadas is at rank #28,693, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞as].

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 40809, this pair ranks #157,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condenada vs condenadas

Shared letters: acdeno. Private to "condenada": -. Private to "condenadas": s.

"condenada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "condenadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condenada ← ccondenada · cnodenada · codnenada · conddenada · condeanda · condenaad · condenadda · condendaa
  • condenadas ← ccondenadas · cnodenadas · codnenadas · conddenadas · condeandas · condenaads · condenadass · condenaddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condenada" for "condenadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞a] versus [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "condenada" vs "condenadas" - which ranks higher?
"condenada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,116 in our Spanish list, against #28,693 for "condenadas". 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 "condenada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condenadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #157,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condenada" and "condenadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condenaba vs condenadas". 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 #157,087 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