Which to use
“decididas” and “decididos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,679
- “decididas” frequency rank
- #20,948
- “decididos” frequency rank
- 65627
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | decididas | decididos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de decidido, participio de decidir. | Forma del plural de decidido, participio de decidir. |
Where the eye mixes decididas and decididos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. decididas and decididos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses decididas with decididos
A purely visual mix-up. decididas ([d̪esiˈð̞ið̞as]) and decididos ([d̪esiˈð̞ið̞os]) 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 “decididas” becomes o in “decididos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
decididas is recorded at frequency rank #44,679, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esiˈð̞ið̞as]. decididos is at rank #20,948, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esiˈð̞ið̞os].
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 65627, this pair ranks #42,101 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of decididas vs decididos
Shared letters: cdeis. Private to "decididas": a. Private to "decididos": o.
"decididas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "decididos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "decididas" for "decididos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "decididas" vs "decididos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "decididas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "decididos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,101 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "decididas" and "decididos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decididas vs decidirán". 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 #42,101 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.