fijadasvsfijadoConfusable pair

Quick tell: fijadas is a participle, fijado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fijadas” is a participle and “fijado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,581
“fijadas” frequency rank
#7,999
“fijado” frequency rank
44580
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fijadas fijado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de fijado, participio de fijar o de fijarse. Participio de fijar o de fijarse.

Where the eye mixes fijadas and fijado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fijadas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against fijado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
fijadas
6 ch
fijado

Visual trap between fijadas and fijado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fijadas is [fiˈxað̞as] while fijado is [fiˈxað̞o]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fijadas is recorded at frequency rank #36,581, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [fiˈxað̞as]. fijado is at rank #7,999, tagged as averb, pronounced [fiˈxað̞o].

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 44580, this pair ranks #136,257 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fijadas vs fijado

Shared letters: adfij. Private to "fijadas": s. Private to "fijado": o.

"fijadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "fijado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fijadas ← ffijadas · fiajdas · fijaads · fijadass · fijaddas · fijadsa · fijdaas · fijjadas
  • fijado ← ffijado · fiajdo · fijaddo · fijaod · fijdao · fijjado · fjiado · ifjado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fijadas" and "fijado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fijadas" is a participle and "fijado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fijadas" or "fijado"?
"fijado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,999 in our Spanish list, against #36,581 for "fijadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "fijadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fijado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,257 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fijadas" and "fijado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fijadas vs fijará". 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 #136,257 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