Which to use
“escogida” and “escogidas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,856
- “escogida” frequency rank
- #36,025
- “escogidas” frequency rank
- 60881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escogida | escogidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de escogido, participio de escoger. | Forma del femenino plural de escogido, participio de escoger. |
Where the eye mixes escogida and escogidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. escogida runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against escogidas's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between escogida and escogidas
A purely visual mix-up. escogida ([eskoˈxið̞a]) and escogidas ([eskoˈxið̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “escogida” sits inside “escogidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escogida is recorded at frequency rank #24,856, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eskoˈxið̞a]. escogidas is at rank #36,025, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eskoˈxið̞as].
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 60881, this pair ranks #57,358 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of escogida vs escogidas
Shared letters: acdegios. Private to "escogida": -. Private to "escogidas": -.
"escogida" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "escogidas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escogida" for "escogidas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "escogida" vs "escogidas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "escogida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escogidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,358 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escogida" and "escogidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escogida vs esconda". 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 #57,358 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.