Which to use
“escondidas” is a noun and “escondido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,042
- “escondidas” frequency rank
- #8,516
- “escondido” frequency rank
- 19558
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escondidas | escondido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Cualidad de algo que no está visible o no es evidente. |
Where the eye mixes escondidas and escondido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. escondidas runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVC) against escondido's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between escondidas and escondido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escondidas is [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞as] while escondido is [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escondidas is recorded at frequency rank #11,042, classified as anoun, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]. escondido is at rank #8,516, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].
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 19558, this pair ranks #263,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escondidas vs escondido
Shared letters: cdeinos. Private to "escondidas": a. Private to "escondido": -.
"escondidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "escondido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- escondidas ← ecsondidas · esccondidas · escnodidas · escodnidas · esconddias · esconddidas · escondiads · escondidass
- escondido ← ecsondido · esccondido · escnodido · escodnido · esconddido · esconddio · escondiddo · escondiod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escondidas" and "escondido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "escondidas" vs "escondido" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "escondidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escondido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escondidas" and "escondido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escondían vs escondidas". 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 #263,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.