Which to use
“elegidas” is a participle and “elegido” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,008
- “elegidas” frequency rank
- #2,163
- “elegido” frequency rank
- 22171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | elegidas | elegido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de elegido, participio de elegir. | Destinado a la vida eterna. |
Where the eye mixes elegidas and elegido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. elegidas runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against elegido's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: elegidas vs elegido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: elegidas is [eleˈxið̞as] while elegido is [eleˈxið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
elegidas is recorded at frequency rank #20,008, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eleˈxið̞as]. elegido is at rank #2,163, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eleˈxið̞o].
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 22171, this pair ranks #251,583 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of elegidas vs elegido
Shared letters: degil. Private to "elegidas": as. Private to "elegido": o.
"elegidas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "elegido" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "elegidas" and "elegido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "elegidas" or "elegido" show up more?
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 "elegidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "elegido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,583 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "elegidas" and "elegido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "elegidas vs exigidas". 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 #251,583 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.