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

#16,833
“eliminada” frequency rank
#14,829
“eliminados” frequency rank
31662
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes eliminada and eliminados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. eliminada runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against eliminados's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
eliminada
10 ch
eliminados

Look-alike desk: eliminada vs eliminados

A purely visual mix-up. eliminada ([elimiˈnað̞a]) and eliminados ([elimiˈnað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31662, 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]. eliminados is at rank #14,829, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [elimiˈnað̞os].

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 31662, this pair ranks #205,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eliminada vs eliminados

Shared letters: adeilmn. Private to "eliminada": -. Private to "eliminados": os.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eliminadaeilminada · eliimnada · elimianda · eliminaad · eliminadda · elimindaa · eliminnada · elimminada
  • eliminadoseilminados · eliimnados · elimiandos · eliminaddos · eliminadoss · eliminadso · eliminaods · elimindaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "eliminada" for "eliminados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([elimiˈnað̞a] versus [elimiˈnað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "eliminada" or "eliminados"?
"eliminados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,829 in our Spanish list, against #16,833 for "eliminada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "eliminada" and "eliminados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eliminada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eliminados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eliminada" and "eliminados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eliminada vs examinada". 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 #205,956 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