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.
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
- encabezadas ← ecnabezadas · enacbezadas · encabbezadas · encabeazdas · encabezaads · encabezadass · encabezaddas · encabezadsa
- encabezados ← ecnabezados · enacbezados · encabbezados · encabeazdos · encabezaddos · encabezadoss · encabezadso · encabezaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "encabezadas" and "encabezados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "encabezadas" or "encabezados" show up more?
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.