Which to use
“cruzadas” and “cruzado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,804
- “cruzadas” frequency rank
- #8,501
- “cruzado” frequency rank
- 25305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cruzadas | cruzado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de cruzado. | Que lleva una cruz como parte del blasón. |
Where the eye mixes cruzadas and cruzado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cruzadas runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against cruzado's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cruzadas vs cruzado
A purely visual mix-up. cruzadas ([kɾuˈsað̞as]) and cruzado ([kɾuˈsað̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cruzadas is recorded at frequency rank #16,804, classified as anadj, pronounced [kɾuˈsað̞as]. cruzado is at rank #8,501, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kɾuˈsað̞o].
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 25305, this pair ranks #237,056 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cruzadas vs cruzado
Shared letters: acdruz. Private to "cruzadas": s. Private to "cruzado": o.
"cruzadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "cruzado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cruzadas" and "cruzado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cruzadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cruzado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,056 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cruzadas" and "cruzado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calzadas vs cruzadas". 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 #237,056 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.