Which to use
“dadas” is a participle and “dará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,099
- “dadas” frequency rank
- #2,705
- “dará” frequency rank
- 10804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dadas | dará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de dado, participio de dar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dar o de darse. |
Where the eye mixes dadas and dará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dadas and dará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dadas is [ˈd̪að̞as] while dará is [d̪aˈɾa]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dadas is recorded at frequency rank #8,099, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ˈd̪að̞as]. dará is at rank #2,705, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪aˈɾa].
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 10804, this pair ranks #297,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dadas vs dará
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dadas": s. Private to "dará": rá.
"dadas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dadas ← addas · daads · dadass · daddas · dadsa · ddaas · ddadas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dadas" and "dará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dadas" or "dará" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dadas" and "dará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dadas" and "dará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dadas vs donadas". 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 #297,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.