Which to use
“donadas” and “donados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,751
- “donadas” frequency rank
- #29,611
- “donados” frequency rank
- 77362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donadas | donados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de donado, participio de donar. | Forma del plural de donado, participio de donar. |
Where the eye mixes donadas and donados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. donadas and donados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses donadas with donados
A purely visual mix-up. donadas ([d̪oˈnað̞as]) and donados ([d̪oˈnað̞os]) 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 “donadas” becomes o in “donados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donadas is recorded at frequency rank #47,751, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈnað̞as]. donados is at rank #29,611, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈnað̞os].
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 77362, this pair ranks #16,134 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of donadas vs donados
Shared letters: adnos. Private to "donadas": -. Private to "donados": -.
"donadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "donados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "donadas" for "donados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "donadas" or "donados"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "donadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,134 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donadas" and "donados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donada vs donadas". 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 #16,134 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.