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

#16,833
“eliminada” frequency rank
#26,423
“eliminadas” frequency rank
43256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eliminada eliminadas
Definition Forma del femenino de eliminado, participio de eliminar o de eliminarse. Forma del femenino plural de eliminado, participio de eliminar o de eliminarse.

Where the eye mixes eliminada and eliminadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. eliminada runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against eliminadas's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
eliminada
10 ch
eliminadas

Look-alike desk: eliminada vs eliminadas

A purely visual mix-up. eliminada ([elimiˈnað̞a]) and eliminadas ([elimiˈnað̞as]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “eliminada” sits inside “eliminadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eliminada is recorded at frequency rank #16,833, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [elimiˈnað̞a]. eliminadas is at rank #26,423, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [elimiˈnað̞as].

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 43256, this pair ranks #143,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eliminada vs eliminadas

Shared letters: adeilmn. Private to "eliminada": -. Private to "eliminadas": s.

"eliminada" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "eliminadas" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eliminadaeilminada · eliimnada · elimianda · eliminaad · eliminadda · elimindaa · eliminnada · elimminada
  • eliminadaseilminadas · eliimnadas · elimiandas · eliminaads · eliminadass · eliminaddas · eliminadsa · elimindaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eliminada" and "eliminadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([elimiˈnað̞a] versus [elimiˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "eliminada" or "eliminadas"?
"eliminada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,833 in our Spanish list, against #26,423 for "eliminadas". 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 "eliminada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eliminadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #143,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eliminada" and "eliminadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eliminadas vs eliminamos". 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 #143,680 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