Which to use
“enterrada” and “enterrados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,717
- “enterrada” frequency rank
- #15,846
- “enterrados” frequency rank
- 35563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enterrada | enterrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de enterrado, participio de enterrar. | Forma del plural de enterrado, participio de enterrar. |
Where the eye mixes enterrada and enterrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: enterrada vs enterrados
A purely visual mix-up. enterrada ([ẽn̪t̪eˈrað̞a]) and enterrados ([ẽn̪t̪eˈrað̞os]) 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 35563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enterrada is recorded at frequency rank #19,717, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈrað̞a]. enterrados is at rank #15,846, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈrað̞os].
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 35563, this pair ranks #185,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enterrada vs enterrados
Shared letters: adenrt. Private to "enterrada": -. Private to "enterrados": os.
"enterrada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "enterrados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enterrada ← enetrrada · ennterrada · enterarda · enterraad · enterradda · enterrdaa · entrerada · entterrada
- enterrados ← enetrrados · ennterrados · enterardos · enterraddos · enterradoss · enterradso · enterraods · enterrdaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enterrada" for "enterrados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enterrada" or "enterrados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "enterrada" and "enterrados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enterrada" and "enterrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enteraba vs enterrada". 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 #185,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.