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

#22,621
“congelada” frequency rank
#21,270
“congelados” frequency rank
43891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature congelada congelados
Definition Forma del femenino de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse. Forma del plural de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse.

Where the eye mixes congelada and congelados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. congelada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against congelados's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
congelada
10 ch
congelados

Why the eye confuses congelada with congelados

A purely visual mix-up. congelada ([kõŋxeˈlað̞a]) and congelados ([kõŋxeˈlað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43891, 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]. congelados is at rank #21,270, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞os].

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 43891, this pair ranks #140,103 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of congelada vs congelados

Shared letters: acdeglno. Private to "congelada": -. Private to "congelados": s.

"congelada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "congelados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • congelada ← ccongelada · cnogelada · cognelada · coneglada · congealda · congelaad · congeladda · congeldaa
  • congelados ← ccongelados · cnogelados · cognelados · coneglados · congealdos · congeladdos · congeladoss · congeladso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "congelada" and "congelados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋxeˈlað̞a] versus [kõŋxeˈlað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "congelada" vs "congelados" - which ranks higher?
"congelados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,270 in our Spanish list, against #22,621 for "congelada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "congelada" and "congelados" 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 "congelados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,103 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "congelada" and "congelados" 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 #140,103 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