Which to use
“guarda” is a noun and “guardada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,848
- “guarda” frequency rank
- #20,699
- “guardada” frequency rank
- 24547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guarda | guardada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Persona que cuida o custodia algo. | Forma del femenino de guardado, participio de guardar o de guardarse. |
Where the eye mixes guarda and guardada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses guarda with guardada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: guarda is [ˈgwaɾð̞a] while guardada is [gwaɾˈð̞að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “guarda” sits inside “guardada”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guarda is recorded at frequency rank #3,848, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞a]. guardada is at rank #20,699, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [gwaɾˈð̞að̞a].
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 24547, this pair ranks #240,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guarda vs guardada
Shared letters: adgru. Private to "guarda": -. Private to "guardada": -.
"guarda" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "guardada" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guarda" for "guardada" ever safe?
Which is more common, "guarda" or "guardada"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "guarda" and "guardada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guarda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guardada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guarda" and "guardada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guardada vs guardará". 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 #240,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.