Which to use
“congelada” is a participle and “congelador” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,621
- “congelada” frequency rank
- #25,960
- “congelador” frequency rank
- 48581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congelada | congelador |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse. | Que congela. |
Where the eye mixes congelada and congelador
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. congelada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against congelador's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: congelada vs congelador
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: congelada is [kõŋxeˈlað̞a] while congelador is [kõŋxelaˈð̞oɾ]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48581, 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]. congelador is at rank #25,960, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõŋxelaˈð̞oɾ].
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 48581, this pair ranks #113,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of congelada vs congelador
Shared letters: acdeglno. Private to "congelada": -. Private to "congelador": r.
"congelada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "congelador" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- congelada ← ccongelada · cnogelada · cognelada · coneglada · congealda · congelaad · congeladda · congeldaa
- congelador ← ccongelador · cnogelador · cognelador · coneglador · congealdor · congeladdor · congeladorr · congeladro
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "congelada" for "congelador" ever safe?
Which is more common, "congelada" or "congelador"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "congelada" and "congelador" 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 "congelador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congelada" and "congelador" 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 #113,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.