dobladasvsdobladosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#29,609
“dobladas” frequency rank
#47,080
“doblados” frequency rank
76689
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dobladas doblados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de doblado, participio de doblar o de doblarse. Forma del plural de doblado, participio de doblar o de doblarse.

Where the eye mixes dobladas and doblados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dobladas and doblados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
dobladas
8 ch
doblados

Visual trap between dobladas and doblados

A purely visual mix-up. dobladas ([d̪oˈβ̞lað̞as]) and doblados ([d̪oˈβ̞lað̞os]) 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 “dobladas” becomes o in “doblados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dobladas is recorded at frequency rank #29,609, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈβ̞lað̞as]. doblados is at rank #47,080, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈβ̞lað̞os].

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 76689, this pair ranks #17,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dobladas vs doblados

Shared letters: abdlos. Private to "dobladas": -. Private to "doblados": -.

"dobladas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "doblados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dobladas ← dboladas · ddobladas · dobaldas · dobbladas · doblaads · dobladass · dobladdas · dobladsa
  • doblados ← dbolados · ddoblados · dobaldos · dobblados · dobladdos · dobladoss · dobladso · doblaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dobladas" for "doblados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪oˈβ̞lað̞as] versus [d̪oˈβ̞lað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dobladas" vs "doblados" - which ranks higher?
"dobladas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,609 in our Spanish list, against #47,080 for "doblados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dobladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doblados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dobladas" and "doblados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doblados vs doblando". 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 #17,279 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