donadavsdonadasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#38,660
“donada” frequency rank
#47,751
“donadas” frequency rank
86411
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donada donadas
Definition Forma del femenino de donado, participio de donar. Forma del femenino plural de donado, participio de donar.

Where the eye mixes donada and donadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
donada
7 ch
donadas

Visual trap between donada and donadas

A purely visual mix-up. donada ([d̪oˈnað̞a]) and donadas ([d̪oˈnað̞as]) 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) - “donada” sits inside “donadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

donada is recorded at frequency rank #38,660, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈnað̞a]. donadas is at rank #47,751, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈnað̞as].

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 86411, this pair ranks #5,311 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of donada vs donadas

Shared letters: adno. Private to "donada": -. Private to "donadas": s.

"donada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "donadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donadaddonada · dnoada · doanda · donaad · donadda · dondaa · donnada · odnada
  • donadasddonadas · dnoadas · doandas · donaads · donadass · donaddas · donadsa · dondaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "donada" for "donadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪oˈnað̞a] versus [d̪oˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "donada" or "donadas" show up more?
"donada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,660 in our Spanish list, against #47,751 for "donadas". 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 "donada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "donadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,311 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donada" and "donadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dolida vs donada". 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 #5,311 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