Which to use
“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.
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?
Frequency check: "congelada" vs "congelados" - which ranks higher?
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.