dilatadavsdiputadaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#30,876
“dilatada” frequency rank
#8,252
“diputada” frequency rank
39128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dilatada diputada
Definition Forma del femenino de dilatado, participio de dilatar o de dilatarse. Forma del femenino de diputado, participio de diputar.

Where the eye mixes dilatada and diputada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dilatada and diputada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
dilatada
8 ch
diputada

Why the eye confuses dilatada with diputada

A purely visual mix-up. dilatada ([d̪ilaˈt̪að̞a]) and diputada ([d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dilatada is recorded at frequency rank #30,876, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ilaˈt̪að̞a]. diputada is at rank #8,252, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a].

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 39128, this pair ranks #166,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dilatada vs diputada

Shared letters: adit. Private to "dilatada": l. Private to "diputada": pu.

"dilatada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "diputada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dilatada ← ddilatada · dialtada · dilaatda · dilataad · dilatadda · dilatdaa · dilattada · dillatada
  • diputada ← ddiputada · dipputada · diptuada · dipuatda · diputaad · diputadda · diputdaa · diputtada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dilatada" for "diputada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪ilaˈt̪að̞a] versus [d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dilatada" or "diputada"?
"diputada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,252 in our Spanish list, against #30,876 for "dilatada". 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 "dilatada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "diputada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #166,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dilatada" and "diputada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dictada vs dilatada". 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 #166,250 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