Which to use
“delegada” and “delegadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,505
- “delegada” frequency rank
- #39,684
- “delegadas” frequency rank
- 58189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegada | delegadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de delegado, participio de delegar. | Forma del femenino plural de delegado, participio de delegar. |
Where the eye mixes delegada and delegadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: delegada vs delegadas
A purely visual mix-up. delegada ([d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞a]) and delegadas ([d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “delegada” sits inside “delegadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delegada is recorded at frequency rank #18,505, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞a]. delegadas is at rank #39,684, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞as].
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 58189, this pair ranks #67,417 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delegada vs delegadas
Shared letters: adegl. Private to "delegada": -. Private to "delegadas": s.
"delegada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "delegadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "delegada" and "delegadas" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "delegada" or "delegadas" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "delegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delegadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,417 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegada" and "delegadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delegadas vs desplegadas". 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 #67,417 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.