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

#29,676
“habilitada” frequency rank
#45,353
“habilitadas” frequency rank
75029
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habilitada habilitadas
Definition Forma del femenino de habilitado. Forma del plural de habilitada.

Where the eye mixes habilitada and habilitadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. habilitada runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against habilitadas's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
habilitada
11 ch
habilitadas

Look-alike desk: habilitada vs habilitadas

A purely visual mix-up. habilitada ([aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞a]) and habilitadas ([aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “habilitada” sits inside “habilitadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habilitada is recorded at frequency rank #29,676, classified as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞a]. habilitadas is at rank #45,353, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞as].

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 75029, this pair ranks #20,329 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of habilitada vs habilitadas

Shared letters: abdhilt. Private to "habilitada": -. Private to "habilitadas": s.

"habilitada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "habilitadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • habilitada ← ahbilitada · habbilitada · habiiltada · habiliatda · habilitaad · habilitadda · habilitdaa · habilittada
  • habilitadas ← ahbilitadas · habbilitadas · habiiltadas · habiliatdas · habilitaads · habilitadass · habilitaddas · habilitadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "habilitada" for "habilitadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞a] versus [aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "habilitada" vs "habilitadas" - which ranks higher?
"habilitada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,676 in our Spanish list, against #45,353 for "habilitadas". 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 "habilitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "habilitadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,329 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habilitada" and "habilitadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habilitadas vs habitadas". 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 #20,329 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