Which to use
“entregaban” is a verb and “entregadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,206
- “entregaban” frequency rank
- #20,672
- “entregadas” frequency rank
- 59878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entregaban | entregadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de entregar. | Forma del femenino plural de entregado, participio de entregar o de entregarse. |
Where the eye mixes entregaban and entregadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. entregaban and entregadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: entregaban vs entregadas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entregaban is [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn] while entregadas is [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞að̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entregaban is recorded at frequency rank #39,206, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]. entregadas is at rank #20,672, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞að̞as].
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 59878, this pair ranks #61,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of entregaban vs entregadas
Shared letters: aegnrt. Private to "entregaban": b. Private to "entregadas": ds.
"entregaban" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC · "entregadas" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- entregaban ← enntregaban · enrtegaban · entergaban · entreagban · entregaabn · entregabann · entregabban · entregabna
- entregadas ← enntregadas · enrtegadas · entergadas · entreagdas · entregaads · entregadass · entregaddas · entregadsa
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "entregaban" vs "entregadas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "entregaban" and "entregadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entregaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entregadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entregaban" and "entregadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entregaban vs entrenaba". 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 #61,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.