Which to use
“destacadas” and “destacados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,387
- “destacadas” frequency rank
- #5,820
- “destacados” frequency rank
- 17207
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | destacadas | destacados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de destacado, participio de destacar. | Forma del plural de destacado, participio de destacar. |
Where the eye mixes destacadas and destacados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. destacadas and destacados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between destacadas and destacados
A purely visual mix-up. destacadas ([d̪est̪aˈkað̞as]) and destacados ([d̪est̪aˈkað̞os]) 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 - a in “destacadas” becomes o in “destacados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
destacadas is recorded at frequency rank #11,387, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪est̪aˈkað̞as]. destacados is at rank #5,820, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪est̪aˈkað̞os].
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 17207, this pair ranks #273,113 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of destacadas vs destacados
Shared letters: acdest. Private to "destacadas": -. Private to "destacados": o.
"destacadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "destacados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- destacadas ← ddestacadas · desatcadas · desstacadas · destaacdas · destacaads · destacadass · destacaddas · destacadsa
- destacados ← ddestacados · desatcados · desstacados · destaacdos · destacaddos · destacadoss · destacadso · destacaods
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "destacadas" vs "destacados" - which ranks higher?
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 "destacadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "destacados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,113 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "destacadas" and "destacados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "destacaban vs destacadas". 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 #273,113 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.