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

#20,699
“guardada” frequency rank
#21,352
“guardados” frequency rank
42051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guardada guardados
Definition Forma del femenino de guardado, participio de guardar o de guardarse. Forma del plural de guardado, participio de guardar o de guardarse.

Where the eye mixes guardada and guardados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. guardada runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against guardados's 9 (CVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
guardada
9 ch
guardados

Visual trap between guardada and guardados

A purely visual mix-up. guardada ([gwaɾˈð̞að̞a]) and guardados ([gwaɾˈð̞að̞os]) 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 42051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guardada is recorded at frequency rank #20,699, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [gwaɾˈð̞að̞a]. guardados is at rank #21,352, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [gwaɾˈð̞að̞os].

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 42051, this pair ranks #150,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of guardada vs guardados

Shared letters: adgru. Private to "guardada": -. Private to "guardados": os.

"guardada" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV  ·  "guardados" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • guardada ← gaurdada · gguardada · guadrada · guaradda · guardaad · guardadda · guarddaa · guarddada
  • guardados ← gaurdados · gguardados · guadrados · guaraddos · guardaddos · guardadoss · guardadso · guardaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "guardada" and "guardados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([gwaɾˈð̞að̞a] versus [gwaɾˈð̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "guardada" or "guardados"?
"guardada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,699 in our Spanish list, against #21,352 for "guardados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "guardada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guardados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guardada" and "guardados" 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 #150,354 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