dudamosvsdudasTell them apart

Quick tell: dudamos is a verb, dudas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dudamos” is a verb and “dudas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,706
“dudamos” frequency rank
#1,571
“dudas” frequency rank
46277
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dudamos dudas
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de dudar. Forma del plural de duda.

Where the eye mixes dudamos and dudas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dudamos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against dudas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
dudamos
5 ch
dudas

Visual trap between dudamos and dudas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dudamos is [d̪uˈð̞amos] while dudas is [ˈd̪uð̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dudamos is recorded at frequency rank #44,706, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪uˈð̞amos]. dudas is at rank #1,571, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪uð̞as].

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 46277, this pair ranks #126,663 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dudamos vs dudas

Shared letters: adsu. Private to "dudamos": mo. Private to "dudas": -.

"dudamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dudas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dudamos ← dduamos · ddudamos · duadmos · dudammos · dudamoss · dudamso · dudaoms · duddamos
  • dudas ← dduas · ddudas · duads · dudass · duddas · dudsa · uddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dudamos" and "dudas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dudamos" is a verb and "dudas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dudamos" vs "dudas" - which ranks higher?
"dudas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,571 in our Spanish list, against #44,706 for "dudamos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dudamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dudas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,663 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dudamos" and "dudas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dudamos vs dudaron". 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 #126,663 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