Which to use
“empleadas” and “empleados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,811
- “empleadas” frequency rank
- #1,602
- “empleados” frequency rank
- 14413
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empleadas | empleados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de empleado, participio de emplear o de emplearse. | Forma del plural de empleado, participio de emplear o de emplearse. |
Where the eye mixes empleadas and empleados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. empleadas and empleados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses empleadas with empleados
A purely visual mix-up. empleadas ([ẽmpleˈað̞as]) and empleados ([ẽmpleˈað̞os]) 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 “empleadas” becomes o in “empleados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empleadas is recorded at frequency rank #12,811, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽmpleˈað̞as]. empleados is at rank #1,602, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽmpleˈað̞os].
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 14413, this pair ranks #284,202 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of empleadas vs empleados
Shared letters: adelmps. Private to "empleadas": -. Private to "empleados": o.
"empleadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC · "empleados" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "empleadas" for "empleados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "empleadas" vs "empleados" - which ranks higher?
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 "empleadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "empleados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,202 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empleadas" and "empleados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empleadas vs empleamos". 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 #284,202 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.