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

#20,008
“elegidas” frequency rank
#13,232
“elevadas” frequency rank
33240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature elegidas elevadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de elegido, participio de elegir. Forma del femenino plural de elevado, participio de elevar o de elevarse.

Where the eye mixes elegidas and elevadas

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

8 ch
elegidas
8 ch
elevadas

Look-alike desk: elegidas vs elevadas

A purely visual mix-up. elegidas ([eleˈxið̞as]) and elevadas ([eleˈβ̞að̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33240, 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]. elevadas is at rank #13,232, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eleˈβ̞að̞as].

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 33240, this pair ranks #197,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of elegidas vs elevadas

Shared letters: adels. Private to "elegidas": gi. Private to "elevadas": v.

"elegidas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "elevadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • elegidaseelgidas · elegdias · eleggidas · elegiads · elegidass · elegiddas · elegidsa · eleigdas
  • elevadaseelvadas · eleavdas · elebadas · elevaads · elevadass · elevaddas · elevadsa · elevdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "elegidas" and "elevadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eleˈxið̞as] versus [eleˈβ̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "elegidas" vs "elevadas" - which ranks higher?
"elevadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,232 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "elegidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "elevadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "elegidas" and "elevadas" 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 #197,835 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