folladavsforjadaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,148
“follada” frequency rank
#44,764
“forjada” frequency rank
91912
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature follada forjada
Definition Forma del femenino de follado, participio de follar. Forma del femenino de forjado, participio de forjar.

Where the eye mixes follada and forjada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. follada and forjada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
follada
7 ch
forjada

Why the eye confuses follada with forjada

A purely visual mix-up. follada ([foˈʝað̞a]) and forjada ([foɾˈxað̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

follada is recorded at frequency rank #47,148, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [foˈʝað̞a]. forjada is at rank #44,764, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [foɾˈxað̞a].

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 91912, this pair ranks #1,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of follada vs forjada

Shared letters: adfo. Private to "follada": l. Private to "forjada": jr.

"follada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "forjada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • folladaffollada · flolada · folada · folalda · follaad · folladda · folldaa · ofllada
  • forjadafforjada · fojrada · forajda · forjaad · forjadda · forjdaa · forjjada · forrjada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "follada" for "forjada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([foˈʝað̞a] versus [foɾˈxað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "follada" or "forjada" show up more?
"forjada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,764 in our Spanish list, against #47,148 for "follada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "follada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "forjada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "follada" and "forjada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fallaba vs follada". 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 #1,737 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