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Which to use

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

#27,539
“congeladas” frequency rank
#21,270
“congelados” frequency rank
48809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes congeladas and congelados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. congeladas and congelados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
congeladas
10 ch
congelados

Why the eye confuses congeladas with congelados

A purely visual mix-up. congeladas ([kõŋxeˈlað̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “congeladas” becomes o in “congelados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

congeladas is recorded at frequency rank #27,539, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞as]. 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 48809, this pair ranks #112,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of congeladas vs congelados

Shared letters: acdeglnos. Private to "congeladas": -. Private to "congelados": -.

"congeladas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "congelados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • congeladas ← ccongeladas · cnogeladas · cogneladas · conegladas · congealdas · congelaads · congeladass · congeladdas
  • congelados ← ccongelados · cnogelados · cognelados · coneglados · congealdos · congeladdos · congeladoss · congeladso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "congeladas" and "congelados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋxeˈlað̞as] versus [kõŋxeˈlað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "congeladas" or "congelados"?
"congelados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,270 in our Spanish list, against #27,539 for "congeladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "congeladas" 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 #112,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "congeladas" and "congelados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canceladas vs congeladas". 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 #112,401 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