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

#4,150
“dedicada” frequency rank
#7,287
“dedicados” frequency rank
11437
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dedicada dedicados
Definition Forma del femenino de dedicado, participio de dedicar o de dedicarse. Forma del plural de dedicado, participio de dedicar o de dedicarse.

Where the eye mixes dedicada and dedicados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dedicada runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dedicados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
dedicada
9 ch
dedicados

Why the eye confuses dedicada with dedicados

A purely visual mix-up. dedicada ([d̪eð̞iˈkað̞a]) and dedicados ([d̪eð̞iˈkað̞os]) 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 11437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dedicada is recorded at frequency rank #4,150, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eð̞iˈkað̞a]. dedicados is at rank #7,287, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eð̞iˈkað̞os].

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 11437, this pair ranks #295,129 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dedicada vs dedicados

Shared letters: acdei. Private to "dedicada": -. Private to "dedicados": os.

"dedicada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "dedicados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dedicada ← ddedicada · ddeicada · dedciada · deddicada · dediacda · dedicaad · dedicadda · dediccada
  • dedicados ← ddedicados · ddeicados · dedciados · deddicados · dediacdos · dedicaddos · dedicadoss · dedicadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dedicada" for "dedicados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eð̞iˈkað̞a] versus [d̪eð̞iˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dedicada" vs "dedicados" - which ranks higher?
"dedicada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,150 in our Spanish list, against #7,287 for "dedicados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #295,129 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dedicada" and "dedicados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dedicada vs dedicaría". 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 #295,129 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