Which to use
“fijadas” and “fijados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,581
- “fijadas” frequency rank
- #26,854
- “fijados” frequency rank
- 63435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fijadas | fijados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de fijado, participio de fijar o de fijarse. | Forma del plural de fijado, participio de fijar o de fijarse. |
Where the eye mixes fijadas and fijados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fijadas and fijados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses fijadas with fijados
A purely visual mix-up. fijadas ([fiˈxað̞as]) and fijados ([fiˈxað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “fijadas” becomes o in “fijados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63435, 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]. fijados is at rank #26,854, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [fiˈxað̞os].
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 63435, this pair ranks #48,775 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fijadas vs fijados
Shared letters: adfijs. Private to "fijadas": -. Private to "fijados": o.
"fijadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "fijados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fijadas" for "fijados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fijadas" vs "fijados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fijadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fijados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,775 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fijadas" and "fijados" 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 #48,775 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.