Which to use
“construidas” and “construidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,105
- “construidas” frequency rank
- #13,209
- “construidos” frequency rank
- 27314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | construidas | construidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de construido, participio de construir. | Forma del plural de construido, participio de construir. |
Where the eye mixes construidas and construidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. construidas and construidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: construidas vs construidos
A purely visual mix-up. construidas ([kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞as]) and construidos ([kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞os]) 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 “construidas” becomes o in “construidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27314, 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]. construidos is at rank #13,209, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞os].
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 27314, this pair ranks #227,425 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of construidas vs construidos
Shared letters: cdinorstu. Private to "construidas": a. Private to "construidos": -.
"construidas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC · "construidos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- construidas ← cconstruidas · cnostruidas · connstruidas · consrtuidas · consstruidas · constriudas · constrruidas · construdias
- construidos ← cconstruidos · cnostruidos · connstruidos · consrtuidos · consstruidos · constriudos · constrruidos · construdios
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "construidas" and "construidos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "construidas" or "construidos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "construidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "construidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,425 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "construidas" and "construidos" 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 #227,425 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.