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Which to use

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

#37,548
“desplegada” frequency rank
#37,028
“desplegadas” frequency rank
74576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature desplegada desplegadas
Definition Forma del femenino de desplegado, participio de desplegar. Forma del femenino plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar.

Where the eye mixes desplegada and desplegadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desplegada runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against desplegadas's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
desplegada
11 ch
desplegadas

Visual trap between desplegada and desplegadas

A purely visual mix-up. desplegada ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞a]) and desplegadas ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as]) 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) - “desplegada” sits inside “desplegadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

desplegada is recorded at frequency rank #37,548, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞a]. desplegadas is at rank #37,028, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as].

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 74576, this pair ranks #21,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of desplegada vs desplegadas

Shared letters: adeglps. Private to "desplegada": -. Private to "desplegadas": -.

"desplegada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "desplegadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desplegada ← ddesplegada · depslegada · deslpegada · despelgada · despleagda · desplegaad · desplegadda · desplegdaa
  • desplegadas ← ddesplegadas · depslegadas · deslpegadas · despelgadas · despleagdas · desplegaads · desplegadass · desplegaddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "desplegada" and "desplegadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞a] versus [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "desplegada" or "desplegadas"?
"desplegadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,028 in our Spanish list, against #37,548 for "desplegada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "desplegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "desplegadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "desplegada" and "desplegadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desplegada vs desplegando". 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 #21,069 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