dañadasvsdañadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“dañadas” and “dañados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,980
“dañadas” frequency rank
#20,640
“dañados” frequency rank
46620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dañadas dañados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de dañado, participio de dañar. Forma del plural de dañado, participio de dañar.

Where the eye mixes dañadas and dañados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dañadas and dañados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dañadas
7 ch
dañados

Look-alike desk: dañadas vs dañados

A purely visual mix-up. dañadas ([d̪aˈɲað̞as]) and dañados ([d̪aˈɲað̞os]) 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 “dañadas” becomes o in “dañados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dañadas is recorded at frequency rank #25,980, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪aˈɲað̞as]. dañados is at rank #20,640, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪aˈɲað̞os].

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 46620, this pair ranks #124,693 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dañadas vs dañados

Shared letters: adsñ. Private to "dañadas": -. Private to "dañados": o.

"dañadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dañados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dañadas" for "dañados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈɲað̞as] versus [d̪aˈɲað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dañadas" vs "dañados" - which ranks higher?
"dañados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,640 in our Spanish list, against #25,980 for "dañadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dañadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dañados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,693 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dañadas" and "dañados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dañadas vs donadas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #124,693 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