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

#26,423
“eliminadas” frequency rank
#14,829
“eliminados” frequency rank
41252
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes eliminadas and eliminados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. eliminadas and eliminados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
eliminadas
10 ch
eliminados

Look-alike desk: eliminadas vs eliminados

A purely visual mix-up. eliminadas ([elimiˈnað̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “eliminadas” becomes o in “eliminados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eliminadas is recorded at frequency rank #26,423, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [elimiˈnað̞as]. 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 41252, this pair ranks #154,667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eliminadas vs eliminados

Shared letters: adeilmns. Private to "eliminadas": -. Private to "eliminados": o.

"eliminadas" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC  ·  "eliminados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eliminadaseilminadas · eliimnadas · elimiandas · eliminaads · eliminadass · eliminaddas · eliminadsa · elimindaas
  • eliminadoseilminados · eliimnados · elimiandos · eliminaddos · eliminadoss · eliminadso · eliminaods · elimindaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eliminadas" and "eliminados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([elimiˈnað̞as] versus [elimiˈnað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "eliminadas" or "eliminados"?
"eliminados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,829 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.

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 "eliminadas" 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 #154,667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eliminadas" and "eliminados" 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 #154,667 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