encabezadasvsencabezadosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#41,328
“encabezadas” frequency rank
#18,234
“encabezados” frequency rank
59562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encabezadas encabezados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de encabezado, participio de encabezar. Forma del plural de encabezado, participio de encabezar.

Where the eye mixes encabezadas and encabezados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. encabezadas and encabezados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
encabezadas
11 ch
encabezados

Look-alike desk: encabezadas vs encabezados

A purely visual mix-up. encabezadas ([ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞as]) and encabezados ([ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞os]) 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 “encabezadas” becomes o in “encabezados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encabezadas is recorded at frequency rank #41,328, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞as]. encabezados is at rank #18,234, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞os].

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 59562, this pair ranks #62,156 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of encabezadas vs encabezados

Shared letters: abcdensz. Private to "encabezadas": -. Private to "encabezados": o.

"encabezadas" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "encabezados" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encabezadasecnabezadas · enacbezadas · encabbezadas · encabeazdas · encabezaads · encabezadass · encabezaddas · encabezadsa
  • encabezadosecnabezados · enacbezados · encabbezados · encabeazdos · encabezaddos · encabezadoss · encabezadso · encabezaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "encabezadas" and "encabezados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞as] versus [ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "encabezadas" or "encabezados" show up more?
"encabezados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,234 in our Spanish list, against #41,328 for "encabezadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "encabezadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "encabezados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,156 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encabezadas" and "encabezados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encabezaba vs encabezadas". 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 #62,156 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