desnudasvsdesnudosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: desnudas is a verb, desnudos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“desnudas” is a verb and “desnudos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,344
“desnudas” frequency rank
#10,126
“desnudos” frequency rank
25470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature desnudas desnudos
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de desnudar o de desnudarse. Forma del plural de desnudo.

Where the eye mixes desnudas and desnudos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. desnudas and desnudos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
desnudas
8 ch
desnudos

Why the eye confuses desnudas with desnudos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desnudas is [d̪esˈnuð̞as] while desnudos is [d̪esˈnuð̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “desnudas” becomes o in “desnudos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

desnudas is recorded at frequency rank #15,344, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esˈnuð̞as]. desnudos is at rank #10,126, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪esˈnuð̞os].

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 25470, this pair ranks #236,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of desnudas vs desnudos

Shared letters: densu. Private to "desnudas": a. Private to "desnudos": o.

"desnudas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "desnudos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desnudas ← ddesnudas · densudas · desnduas · desnnudas · desnuads · desnudass · desnuddas · desnudsa
  • desnudos ← ddesnudos · densudos · desnduos · desnnudos · desnuddos · desnudoss · desnudso · desnuods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "desnudas" for "desnudos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "desnudas" is a verb and "desnudos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "desnudas" or "desnudos" show up more?
"desnudos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,126 in our Spanish list, against #15,344 for "desnudas". 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 "desnudas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "desnudos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "desnudas" and "desnudos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desnudar vs desnudas". 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 #236,291 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