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

#20,008
“elegidas” frequency rank
#5,718
“elegidos” frequency rank
25726
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature elegidas elegidos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de elegido, participio de elegir. Forma del plural de elegido, participio de elegir.

Where the eye mixes elegidas and elegidos

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

8 ch
elegidas
8 ch
elegidos

Visual trap between elegidas and elegidos

A purely visual mix-up. elegidas ([eleˈxið̞as]) and elegidos ([eleˈxið̞os]) 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 “elegidas” becomes o in “elegidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25726, 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]. elegidos is at rank #5,718, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eleˈxið̞os].

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 25726, this pair ranks #235,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of elegidas vs elegidos

Shared letters: degils. Private to "elegidas": a. Private to "elegidos": o.

"elegidas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "elegidos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • elegidas ← eelgidas · elegdias · eleggidas · elegiads · elegidass · elegiddas · elegidsa · eleigdas
  • elegidos ← eelgidos · elegdios · eleggidos · elegiddos · elegidoss · elegidso · elegiods · eleigdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "elegidas" and "elegidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eleˈxið̞as] versus [eleˈxið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "elegidas" or "elegidos"?
"elegidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,718 in our Spanish list, against #20,008 for "elegidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "elegidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "elegidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "elegidas" and "elegidos" 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 #235,100 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