Which to use
“escogidas” is a participle and “escondidas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,025
- “escogidas” frequency rank
- #11,042
- “escondidas” frequency rank
- 47067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escogidas | escondidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de escogido, participio de escoger. | Juego infantil en donde se elige a una persona para que cuente con los ojos cerrados mientras los demás se esconden. Luego, debe intentar encontrar y librar a quienes se escondieron. |
Where the eye mixes escogidas and escondidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. escogidas runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against escondidas's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between escogidas and escondidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escogidas is [eskoˈxið̞as] while escondidas is [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escogidas is recorded at frequency rank #36,025, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eskoˈxið̞as]. escondidas is at rank #11,042, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞as].
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 47067, this pair ranks #122,133 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escogidas vs escondidas
Shared letters: acdeios. Private to "escogidas": g. Private to "escondidas": n.
"escogidas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "escondidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- escogidas ← ecsogidas · esccogidas · escgoidas · escogdias · escoggidas · escogiads · escogidass · escogiddas
- escondidas ← ecsondidas · esccondidas · escnodidas · escodnidas · esconddias · esconddidas · escondiads · escondidass
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escogidas" and "escondidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "escogidas" or "escondidas" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "escogidas" and "escondidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "escogidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escondidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,133 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escogidas" and "escondidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escogida vs escogidas". 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 #122,133 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.