conectadasvscontadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#17,920
“conectadas” frequency rank
#18,197
“contadas” frequency rank
36117
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conectadas contadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de conectado, participio de conectar. Forma del femenino plural de contado, participio de contar.

Where the eye mixes conectadas and contadas

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

10 ch
conectadas
8 ch
contadas

Visual trap between conectadas and contadas

A purely visual mix-up. conectadas ([konekˈt̪að̞as]) and contadas ([kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conectadas is recorded at frequency rank #17,920, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [konekˈt̪að̞as]. contadas is at rank #18,197, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as].

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 36117, this pair ranks #182,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conectadas vs contadas

Shared letters: acdnost. Private to "conectadas": e. Private to "contadas": -.

"conectadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "contadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conectadascconectadas · cnoectadas · coenctadas · concetadas · conecatdas · conecctadas · conectaads · conectadass
  • contadasccontadas · cnotadas · conatdas · conntadas · contaads · contadass · contaddas · contadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conectadas" for "contadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([konekˈt̪að̞as] versus [kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conectadas" or "contadas" show up more?
"conectadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,920 in our Spanish list, against #18,197 for "contadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conectadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "contadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conectadas" and "contadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cañadas vs contadas". 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 #182,389 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