crecidavscrecidasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: crecida is a noun, crecidas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“crecida” is a noun and “crecidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,839
“crecida” frequency rank
#38,029
“crecidas” frequency rank
68868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crecida crecidas
Definition Elevación del nivel de un curso de agua significativamente mayor que el flujo medio o habitual de este. Forma del femenino plural de crecido, participio de crecer.

Where the eye mixes crecida and crecidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. crecida runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against crecidas's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
crecida
8 ch
crecidas

Why the eye confuses crecida with crecidas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crecida is [kɾeˈsið̞a] while crecidas is [kɾeˈsið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “crecida” sits inside “crecidas”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crecida is recorded at frequency rank #30,839, classified as anoun, pronounced [kɾeˈsið̞a]. crecidas is at rank #38,029, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kɾeˈsið̞as].

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 68868, this pair ranks #33,425 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of crecida vs crecidas

Shared letters: acdeir. Private to "crecida": -. Private to "crecidas": s.

"crecida" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "crecidas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crecida ← ccrecida · cercida · crceida · creccida · crecdia · creciad · crecidda · creicda
  • crecidas ← ccrecidas · cercidas · crceidas · creccidas · crecdias · creciads · crecidass · creciddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "crecida" and "crecidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "crecida" is a noun and "crecidas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "crecida" vs "crecidas" - which ranks higher?
"crecida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,839 in our Spanish list, against #38,029 for "crecidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "crecida" and "crecidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crecida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crecidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,425 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crecida" and "crecidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crecían vs crecidas". 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 #33,425 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