fijadasvsfijadosWhat's the difference?

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.

7 ch
fijadas
7 ch
fijados

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

  • fijadas ← ffijadas · fiajdas · fijaads · fijadass · fijaddas · fijadsa · fijdaas · fijjadas
  • fijados ← ffijados · fiajdos · fijaddos · fijadoss · fijadso · fijaods · fijdaos · fijjados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fijadas" for "fijados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fiˈxað̞as] versus [fiˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fijadas" vs "fijados" - which ranks higher?
"fijados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,854 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list