Which to use
“construida” and “construidas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,529
- “construida” frequency rank
- #14,105
- “construidas” frequency rank
- 21634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | construida | construidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de construido, participio de construir. | Forma del femenino plural de construido, participio de construir. |
Where the eye mixes construida and construidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: construida vs construidas
A purely visual mix-up. construida ([kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞a]) and construidas ([kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “construida” sits inside “construidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
construida is recorded at frequency rank #7,529, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞a]. construidas is at rank #14,105, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞as].
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 21634, this pair ranks #254,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of construida vs construidas
Shared letters: acdinorstu. Private to "construida": -. Private to "construidas": -.
"construida" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCV · "construidas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- construida ← cconstruida · cnostruida · connstruida · consrtuida · consstruida · constriuda · constrruida · construdia
- construidas ← cconstruidas · cnostruidas · connstruidas · consrtuidas · consstruidas · constriudas · constrruidas · construdias
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "construida" for "construidas" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "construida" or "construidas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "construida" and "construidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "construida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "construidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "construida" and "construidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "construían vs construidas". 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 #254,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.