Which to use
“dañadas” and “donada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,980
- “dañadas” frequency rank
- #38,660
- “donada” frequency rank
- 64640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dañadas | donada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de dañado, participio de dañar. | Forma del femenino de donado, participio de donar. |
Where the eye mixes dañadas and donada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dañadas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against donada's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dañadas vs donada
A purely visual mix-up. dañadas ([d̪aˈɲað̞as]) and donada ([d̪oˈnað̞a]) 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 64640, 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]. donada is at rank #38,660, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈnað̞a].
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 64640, this pair ranks #45,004 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dañadas vs donada
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dañadas": sñ. Private to "donada": no.
"dañadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "donada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- donada ← ddonada · dnoada · doanda · donaad · donadda · dondaa · donnada · odnada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dañadas" for "donada" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dañadas" or "donada" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dañadas" and "donada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dañadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,004 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dañadas" and "donada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donada 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 #45,004 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.