Which to use
“congelada” is a participle and “congelado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,621
- “congelada” frequency rank
- #17,643
- “congelado” frequency rank
- 40264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congelada | congelado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse. | Participio de congelar o de congelarse. |
Where the eye mixes congelada and congelado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. congelada and congelado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: congelada vs congelado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: congelada is [kõŋxeˈlað̞a] while congelado is [kõŋxeˈlað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “congelada” becomes o in “congelado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40264, 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]. congelado is at rank #17,643, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞o].
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 40264, this pair ranks #160,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of congelada vs congelado
Shared letters: acdeglno. Private to "congelada": -. Private to "congelado": -.
"congelada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "congelado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "congelada" and "congelado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "congelada" or "congelado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "congelada" and "congelado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "congelada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congelado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congelada" and "congelado" 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 #160,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.