declaradavsdeclaradosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#9,274
“declarada” frequency rank
#13,011
“declarados” frequency rank
22285
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declarada declarados
Definition Forma del femenino de declarado, participio de declarar o de declararse. Forma del plural de declarado, participio de declarar o de declararse.

Where the eye mixes declarada and declarados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
declarada
10 ch
declarados

Visual trap between declarada and declarados

A purely visual mix-up. declarada ([d̪eklaˈɾað̞a]) and declarados ([d̪eklaˈɾað̞os]) 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 22285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declarada is recorded at frequency rank #9,274, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eklaˈɾað̞a]. declarados is at rank #13,011, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eklaˈɾað̞os].

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 22285, this pair ranks #251,052 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of declarada vs declarados

Shared letters: acdelr. Private to "declarada": -. Private to "declarados": os.

"declarada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "declarados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaradadcelarada · ddeclarada · decalrada · decclarada · declaarda · declaraad · declaradda · declardaa
  • declaradosdcelarados · ddeclarados · decalrados · decclarados · declaardos · declaraddos · declaradoss · declaradso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "declarada" for "declarados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eklaˈɾað̞a] versus [d̪eklaˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "declarada" or "declarados"?
"declarada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,274 in our Spanish list, against #13,011 for "declarados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "declarada" and "declarados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declarada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "declarados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #251,052 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declarada" and "declarados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declarados vs descarados". 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 #251,052 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