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

#8,365
“dedicar” frequency rank
#17,936
“dedicas” frequency rank
26301
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dedicar dedicas
Definition Consagrar o destinar una persona o cosa para un fin determinado. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de dedicar o de dedicarse.

Where the eye mixes dedicar and dedicas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dedicar and dedicas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dedicar
7 ch
dedicas

Look-alike desk: dedicar vs dedicas

A purely visual mix-up. dedicar ([d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ]) and dedicas ([d̪eˈð̞ikas]) 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 - r in “dedicar” becomes s in “dedicas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dedicar is recorded at frequency rank #8,365, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ]. dedicas is at rank #17,936, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈð̞ikas].

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 26301, this pair ranks #232,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dedicar vs dedicas

Shared letters: acdei. Private to "dedicar": r. Private to "dedicas": s.

"dedicar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dedicas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dedicar ← ddedicar · ddeicar · dedciar · deddicar · dediacr · dedicarr · dediccar · dedicra
  • dedicas ← ddedicas · ddeicas · dedcias · deddicas · dediacs · dedicass · dediccas · dedicsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dedicar" and "dedicas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ] versus [d̪eˈð̞ikas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dedicar" vs "dedicas" - which ranks higher?
"dedicar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,365 in our Spanish list, against #17,936 for "dedicas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dedicar" and "dedicas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dedicará vs dedicas". 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 #232,288 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