Which to use
“designa” is a verb and “designada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,074
- “designa” frequency rank
- #18,792
- “designada” frequency rank
- 34866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | designa | designada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de designar. | Forma del femenino de designado, participio de designar. |
Where the eye mixes designa and designada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: designa vs designada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: designa is [d̪eˈsiɣ̞na] while designada is [d̪esiɣ̞ˈnað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “designa” sits inside “designada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
designa is recorded at frequency rank #16,074, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈsiɣ̞na]. designada is at rank #18,792, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esiɣ̞ˈnað̞a].
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 34866, this pair ranks #189,118 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of designa vs designada
Shared letters: adegins. Private to "designa": -. Private to "designada": -.
"designa" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "designada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "designa" and "designada" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "designa" vs "designada" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "designa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "designada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,118 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "designa" and "designada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "designada vs designan". 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 #189,118 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.