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

#28,337
“disputada” frequency rank
#35,468
“disputadas” frequency rank
63805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disputada disputadas
Definition Forma del femenino de disputado, participio de disputar. Forma del femenino plural de disputado, participio de disputar.

Where the eye mixes disputada and disputadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
disputada
10 ch
disputadas

Visual trap between disputada and disputadas

A purely visual mix-up. disputada ([d̪ispuˈt̪að̞a]) and disputadas ([d̪ispuˈt̪að̞as]) 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) - “disputada” sits inside “disputadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disputada is recorded at frequency rank #28,337, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ispuˈt̪að̞a]. disputadas is at rank #35,468, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ispuˈt̪að̞as].

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 63805, this pair ranks #47,550 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of disputada vs disputadas

Shared letters: adipstu. Private to "disputada": -. Private to "disputadas": -.

"disputada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "disputadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disputadaddisputada · dipsutada · dispputada · disptuada · dispuatda · disputaad · disputadda · disputdaa
  • disputadasddisputadas · dipsutadas · dispputadas · disptuadas · dispuatdas · disputaads · disputadass · disputaddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disputada" for "disputadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪ispuˈt̪að̞a] versus [d̪ispuˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disputada" vs "disputadas" - which ranks higher?
"disputada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,337 in our Spanish list, against #35,468 for "disputadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disputada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disputadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,550 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disputada" and "disputadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disputaban vs disputadas". 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 #47,550 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