consultadavsconsultadasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,701
“consultada” frequency rank
#35,959
“consultadas” frequency rank
64660
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature consultada consultadas
Definition Forma del femenino de consultado, participio de consultar. Forma del femenino plural de consultado, participio de consultar.

Where the eye mixes consultada and consultadas

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

10 ch
consultada
11 ch
consultadas

Why the eye confuses consultada with consultadas

A purely visual mix-up. consultada ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and consultadas ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞as]) 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) - “consultada” sits inside “consultadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

consultada is recorded at frequency rank #28,701, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞a]. consultadas is at rank #35,959, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞as].

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 64660, this pair ranks #44,954 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of consultada vs consultadas

Shared letters: acdlnostu. Private to "consultada": -. Private to "consultadas": -.

"consultada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "consultadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • consultada ← cconsultada · cnosultada · connsultada · conslutada · conssultada · consulatda · consulltada · consultaad
  • consultadas ← cconsultadas · cnosultadas · connsultadas · conslutadas · conssultadas · consulatdas · consulltadas · consultaads

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "consultada" for "consultadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞a] versus [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "consultada" or "consultadas" show up more?
"consultada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,701 in our Spanish list, against #35,959 for "consultadas". 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 "consultada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "consultadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,954 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "consultada" and "consultadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultada vs consultan". 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 #44,954 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