Which to use
“cortadas” and “cortados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,202
- “cortadas” frequency rank
- #21,955
- “cortados” frequency rank
- 40157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cortadas | cortados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de cortado, participio de cortar o de cortarse. | Forma del plural de cortado, participio de cortar o de cortarse. |
Where the eye mixes cortadas and cortados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cortadas and cortados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cortadas and cortados
A purely visual mix-up. cortadas ([koɾˈt̪að̞as]) and cortados ([koɾˈt̪að̞os]) 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 “cortadas” becomes o in “cortados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cortadas is recorded at frequency rank #18,202, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [koɾˈt̪að̞as]. 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 40157, this pair ranks #160,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cortadas vs cortados
Shared letters: acdorst. Private to "cortadas": -. Private to "cortados": -.
"cortadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "cortados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cortadas" and "cortados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cortadas" or "cortados"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cortadas" 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 #160,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cortadas" 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 #160,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.