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

#17,141
“fachadas” frequency rank
#26,851
“fechada” frequency rank
43992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fachadas fechada
Definition Forma del femenino plural de fachado, participio de fachar. Forma del femenino de fechado, participio de fechar.

Where the eye mixes fachadas and fechada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fachadas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against fechada's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
fachadas
7 ch
fechada

Visual trap between fachadas and fechada

A purely visual mix-up. fachadas ([faˈt͡ʃað̞as]) and fechada ([feˈt͡ʃað̞a]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fachadas is recorded at frequency rank #17,141, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [faˈt͡ʃað̞as]. fechada is at rank #26,851, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [feˈt͡ʃað̞a].

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 43992, this pair ranks #139,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fachadas vs fechada

Shared letters: acdfh. Private to "fachadas": s. Private to "fechada": e.

"fachadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "fechada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fachadas ← afchadas · facahdas · facchadas · fachaads · fachadass · fachaddas · fachadsa · fachdaas
  • fechada ← efchada · fcehada · fecahda · fecchada · fechaad · fechadda · fechdaa · fechhada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fachadas" and "fechada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([faˈt͡ʃað̞as] versus [feˈt͡ʃað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fachadas" or "fechada"?
"fachadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,141 in our Spanish list, against #26,851 for "fechada". 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 "fachadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fechada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fachadas" and "fechada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fechada vs fecunda". 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 #139,518 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