diputadavsdisputadaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#8,252
“diputada” frequency rank
#28,337
“disputada” frequency rank
36589
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature diputada disputada
Definition Forma del femenino de diputado, participio de diputar. Forma del femenino de disputado, participio de disputar.

Where the eye mixes diputada and disputada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. diputada runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against disputada's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
diputada
9 ch
disputada

Look-alike desk: diputada vs disputada

A purely visual mix-up. diputada ([d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a]) and disputada ([d̪ispuˈt̪að̞a]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

diputada is recorded at frequency rank #8,252, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a]. disputada is at rank #28,337, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ispuˈt̪að̞a].

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 36589, this pair ranks #179,834 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of diputada vs disputada

Shared letters: adiptu. Private to "diputada": -. Private to "disputada": s.

"diputada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "disputada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diputada ← ddiputada · dipputada · diptuada · dipuatda · diputaad · diputadda · diputdaa · diputtada
  • disputada ← ddisputada · dipsutada · dispputada · disptuada · dispuatda · disputaad · disputadda · disputdaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "diputada" and "disputada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪ipuˈt̪að̞a] versus [d̪ispuˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "diputada" or "disputada" show up more?
"diputada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,252 in our Spanish list, against #28,337 for "disputada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "diputada" and "disputada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "diputada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disputada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,834 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "diputada" and "disputada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disputaban vs disputada". 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 #179,834 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