construidasvsconstruidoTell them apart

Quick tell: construidas is a participle, construido is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“construidas” is a participle and “construido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,105
“construidas” frequency rank
#4,315
“construido” frequency rank
18420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature construidas construido
Definition Forma del femenino plural de construido, participio de construir. Participio de construir.

Where the eye mixes construidas and construido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. construidas runs 11 letters (CVCCCCVVCVC) against construido's 10 (CVCCCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
construidas
10 ch
construido

Why the eye confuses construidas with construido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: construidas is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞as] while construido is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞o]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

construidas is recorded at frequency rank #14,105, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞as]. construido is at rank #4,315, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞o].

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 18420, this pair ranks #267,985 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of construidas vs construido

Shared letters: cdinorstu. Private to "construidas": a. Private to "construido": -.

"construidas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC  ·  "construido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • construidas ← cconstruidas · cnostruidas · connstruidas · consrtuidas · consstruidas · constriudas · constrruidas · construdias
  • construido ← cconstruido · cnostruido · connstruido · consrtuido · consstruido · constriudo · constrruido · construdio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "construidas" and "construido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "construidas" is a participle and "construido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "construidas" vs "construido" - which ranks higher?
"construido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,315 in our Spanish list, against #14,105 for "construidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "construidas" and "construido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "construidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "construido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,985 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "construidas" and "construido" 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 #267,985 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