Which to use
“congelada” and “congeladas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,621
- “congelada” frequency rank
- #27,539
- “congeladas” frequency rank
- 50160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congelada | congeladas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse. | Forma del femenino plural de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse. |
Where the eye mixes congelada and congeladas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. congelada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against congeladas's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between congelada and congeladas
A purely visual mix-up. congelada ([kõŋxeˈlað̞a]) and congeladas ([kõŋxeˈlað̞as]) 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) - “congelada” sits inside “congeladas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congelada is recorded at frequency rank #22,621, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞a]. congeladas is at rank #27,539, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞as].
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 50160, this pair ranks #104,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of congelada vs congeladas
Shared letters: acdeglno. Private to "congelada": -. Private to "congeladas": s.
"congelada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "congeladas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- congelada ← ccongelada · cnogelada · cognelada · coneglada · congealda · congelaad · congeladda · congeldaa
- congeladas ← ccongeladas · cnogeladas · cogneladas · conegladas · congealdas · congelaads · congeladass · congeladdas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "congelada" for "congeladas" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "congelada" or "congeladas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "congelada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congeladas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congelada" and "congeladas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congelada vs congelan". 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 #104,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.