Which to use
“dedicada” is a participle and “delicado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,150
- “dedicada” frequency rank
- #8,101
- “delicado” frequency rank
- 12251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dedicada | delicado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de dedicado, participio de dedicar o de dedicarse. | Suave, blando, tierno. |
Where the eye mixes dedicada and delicado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dedicada and delicado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dedicada vs delicado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dedicada is [d̪eð̞iˈkað̞a] while delicado is [d̪eliˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12251, 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]. delicado is at rank #8,101, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈkað̞o].
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 12251, this pair ranks #292,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dedicada vs delicado
Shared letters: acdei. Private to "dedicada": -. Private to "delicado": lo.
"dedicada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "delicado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dedicada" and "delicado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dedicada" or "delicado"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dedicada" and "delicado" 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 "delicado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dedicada" and "delicado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delicado vs delirando". 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 #292,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.