Which to use
“controvertidas” and “controvertidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,076
- “controvertidas” frequency rank
- #38,605
- “controvertidos” frequency rank
- 82681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | controvertidas | controvertidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de controvertido, participio de controvertir. | Forma del plural de controvertido, participio de controvertir. |
Where the eye mixes controvertidas and controvertidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. controvertidas and controvertidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: controvertidas vs controvertidos
A purely visual mix-up. controvertidas ([kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈt̪ið̞as]) and controvertidos ([kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈt̪ið̞os]) 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 “controvertidas” becomes o in “controvertidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
controvertidas is recorded at frequency rank #44,076, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈt̪ið̞as]. controvertidos is at rank #38,605, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈt̪ið̞os].
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 82681, this pair ranks #8,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of controvertidas vs controvertidos
Shared letters: cdeinorstv. Private to "controvertidas": a. Private to "controvertidos": -.
"controvertidas" · 14 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVCVC · "controvertidos" · 14 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- controvertidas ← ccontrovertidas · cnotrovertidas · conntrovertidas · conrtovertidas · contorvertidas · controbertidas · controevrtidas · controveritdas
- controvertidos ← ccontrovertidos · cnotrovertidos · conntrovertidos · conrtovertidos · contorvertidos · controbertidos · controevrtidos · controveritdos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "controvertidas" and "controvertidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "controvertidas" vs "controvertidos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "controvertidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "controvertidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "controvertidas" and "controvertidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "controvertida vs controvertidas". 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 #8,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.