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

#34,548
“devastadora” frequency rank
#49,579
“devastadoras” frequency rank
84127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature devastadora devastadoras
Definition Forma del femenino de devastador. Forma del femenino plural de devastador.

Where the eye mixes devastadora and devastadoras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

11 ch
devastadora
12 ch
devastadoras

Look-alike desk: devastadora vs devastadoras

A purely visual mix-up. devastadora ([d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈð̞oɾa]) and devastadoras ([d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈð̞oɾas]) 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) - “devastadora” sits inside “devastadoras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

devastadora is recorded at frequency rank #34,548, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈð̞oɾa]. devastadoras is at rank #49,579, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈð̞oɾas].

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 84127, this pair ranks #7,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of devastadora vs devastadoras

Shared letters: adeorstv. Private to "devastadora": -. Private to "devastadoras": -.

"devastadora" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCV  ·  "devastadoras" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • devastadoraddevastadora · deavstadora · debastadora · devasatdora · devasstadora · devastaddora · devastadoar · devastadorra
  • devastadorasddevastadoras · deavstadoras · debastadoras · devasatdoras · devasstadoras · devastaddoras · devastadoars · devastadorass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "devastadora" and "devastadoras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈð̞oɾa] versus [d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈð̞oɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "devastadora" vs "devastadoras" - which ranks higher?
"devastadora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,548 in our Spanish list, against #49,579 for "devastadoras". 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 "devastadora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "devastadoras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "devastadora" and "devastadoras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devastadoras vs devastadores". 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 #7,370 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