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

#28,701
“consultada” frequency rank
#26,769
“consultados” frequency rank
55470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes consultada and consultados

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

10 ch
consultada
11 ch
consultados

Look-alike desk: consultada vs consultados

A purely visual mix-up. consultada ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and consultados ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55470, 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]. consultados is at rank #26,769, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞os].

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 55470, this pair ranks #78,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of consultada vs consultados

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • consultada ← cconsultada · cnosultada · connsultada · conslutada · conssultada · consulatda · consulltada · consultaad
  • consultados ← cconsultados · cnosultados · connsultados · conslutados · conssultados · consulatdos · consulltados · consultaddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "consultada" and "consultados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞a] versus [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "consultada" vs "consultados" - which ranks higher?
"consultados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,769 in our Spanish list, against #28,701 for "consultada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "consultados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "consultada" and "consultados" 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 #78,728 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