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

#16,088
“equivocadas” frequency rank
#11,769
“equivocados” frequency rank
27857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature equivocadas equivocados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de equivocado, participio de equivocar o de equivocarse. Forma del plural de equivocado, participio de equivocar o de equivocarse.

Where the eye mixes equivocadas and equivocados

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

11 ch
equivocadas
11 ch
equivocados

Look-alike desk: equivocadas vs equivocados

A purely visual mix-up. equivocadas ([ekiβ̞oˈkað̞as]) and equivocados ([ekiβ̞oˈkað̞os]) 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 “equivocadas” becomes o in “equivocados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

equivocadas is recorded at frequency rank #16,088, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ekiβ̞oˈkað̞as]. equivocados is at rank #11,769, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ekiβ̞oˈkað̞os].

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 27857, this pair ranks #224,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of equivocadas vs equivocados

Shared letters: acdeioqsuv. Private to "equivocadas": -. Private to "equivocados": -.

"equivocadas" · 11 letters · shape VCVVCVCVCVC  ·  "equivocados" · 11 letters · shape VCVVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • equivocadas ← eqiuvocadas · eqquivocadas · equibocadas · equiovcadas · equivcoadas · equivoacdas · equivocaads · equivocadass
  • equivocados ← eqiuvocados · eqquivocados · equibocados · equiovcados · equivcoados · equivoacdos · equivocaddos · equivocadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "equivocadas" and "equivocados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekiβ̞oˈkað̞as] versus [ekiβ̞oˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "equivocadas" or "equivocados" show up more?
"equivocados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,769 in our Spanish list, against #16,088 for "equivocadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "equivocadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "equivocados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #224,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "equivocadas" and "equivocados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "equivocaba vs equivocadas". 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 #224,814 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