Which to use
“cortada” is a noun and “cortados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,788
- “cortada” frequency rank
- #21,955
- “cortados” frequency rank
- 34743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cortada | cortados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de cortar o de cortarse. | Forma del plural de cortado, participio de cortar o de cortarse. |
Where the eye mixes cortada and cortados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cortada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cortados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cortada vs cortados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cortada is [koɾˈt̪að̞a] while cortados is [koɾˈt̪að̞os]. 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 (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cortada is recorded at frequency rank #12,788, classified as anoun, pronounced [koɾˈt̪að̞a]. cortados is at rank #21,955, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koɾˈt̪að̞os].
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 34743, this pair ranks #189,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cortada vs cortados
Shared letters: acdort. Private to "cortada": -. Private to "cortados": s.
"cortada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cortados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cortada" and "cortados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cortada" or "cortados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cortada" and "cortados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cortada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cortados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cortada" and "cortados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cortador vs cortados". 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 #189,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.