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Which to use

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

#33,616
“fracasada” frequency rank
#29,663
“fracasados” frequency rank
63279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fracasada fracasados
Definition Forma del femenino de fracasado, participio de fracasar. Forma del plural de fracasado, participio de fracasar.

Where the eye mixes fracasada and fracasados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. fracasada runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against fracasados's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
fracasada
10 ch
fracasados

Look-alike desk: fracasada vs fracasados

A purely visual mix-up. fracasada ([fɾakaˈsað̞a]) and fracasados ([fɾakaˈsað̞os]) 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 63279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fracasada is recorded at frequency rank #33,616, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [fɾakaˈsað̞a]. fracasados is at rank #29,663, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [fɾakaˈsað̞os].

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 63279, this pair ranks #49,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fracasada vs fracasados

Shared letters: acdfrs. Private to "fracasada": -. Private to "fracasados": o.

"fracasada" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "fracasados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fracasada ← farcasada · ffracasada · fraacsada · fracaasda · fracasaad · fracasadda · fracasdaa · fracassada
  • fracasados ← farcasados · ffracasados · fraacsados · fracaasdos · fracasaddos · fracasadoss · fracasadso · fracasaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fracasada" for "fracasados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fɾakaˈsað̞a] versus [fɾakaˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fracasada" vs "fracasados" - which ranks higher?
"fracasados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,663 in our Spanish list, against #33,616 for "fracasada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "fracasada" and "fracasados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fracasada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fracasados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fracasada" and "fracasados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fracasada vs fracasando". 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 #49,263 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