guiadasvsguiadosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#30,497
“guiadas” frequency rank
#24,173
“guiados” frequency rank
54670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guiadas guiados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de guiado, participio de guiar o de guiarse. Forma del plural de guiado, participio de guiar o de guiarse.

Where the eye mixes guiadas and guiados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
guiadas
7 ch
guiados

Why the eye confuses guiadas with guiados

A purely visual mix-up. guiadas ([ˈgjað̞as]) and guiados ([ˈgjað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “guiadas” becomes o in “guiados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54670, 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]. guiados is at rank #24,173, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ˈgjað̞os].

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 54670, this pair ranks #82,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of guiadas vs guiados

Shared letters: adgisu. Private to "guiadas": -. Private to "guiados": o.

"guiadas" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC  ·  "guiados" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • guiadasgguiadas · giuadas · guaidas · guiaads · guiadass · guiaddas · guiadsa · guidaas
  • guiadosgguiados · giuados · guaidos · guiaddos · guiadoss · guiadso · guiaods · guidaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "guiadas" and "guiados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈgjað̞as] versus [ˈgjað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "guiadas" vs "guiados" - which ranks higher?
"guiados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,173 in our Spanish list, against #30,497 for "guiadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "guiadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guiados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #82,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guiadas" and "guiados" 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 #82,284 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