Which to use
“guiadas” is a participle and “guiado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,497
- “guiadas” frequency rank
- #17,443
- “guiado” frequency rank
- 47940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guiadas | guiado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de guiado, participio de guiar o de guiarse. | Participio de guiar o de guiarse. |
Where the eye mixes guiadas and guiado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: guiadas vs guiado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: guiadas is [ˈgjað̞as] while guiado is [ˈgjað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guiadas is recorded at frequency rank #30,497, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ˈgjað̞as]. guiado is at rank #17,443, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgjað̞o].
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 47940, this pair ranks #117,230 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guiadas vs guiado
Shared letters: adgiu. Private to "guiadas": s. Private to "guiado": o.
"guiadas" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC · "guiado" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guiadas" for "guiado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "guiadas" or "guiado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "guiadas" and "guiado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guiadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guiado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,230 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guiadas" and "guiado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guiadas vs guindos". 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 #117,230 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.