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“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.

8 ch
cortadas
8 ch
cortados

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

  • cortadas ← ccortadas · coratdas · corrtadas · cortaads · cortadass · cortaddas · cortadsa · cortdaas
  • cortados ← ccortados · coratdos · corrtados · cortaddos · cortadoss · cortadso · cortaods · cortdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cortadas" and "cortados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koɾˈt̪að̞as] versus [koɾˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cortadas" or "cortados"?
"cortadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,202 in our Spanish list, against #21,955 for "cortados". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list