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

#40,341
“ignoradas” frequency rank
#28,028
“ignorados” frequency rank
68369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ignoradas ignorados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de ignorado, participio de ignorar. Forma del plural de ignorado, participio de ignorar.

Where the eye mixes ignoradas and ignorados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. ignoradas and ignorados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
ignoradas
9 ch
ignorados

Why the eye confuses ignoradas with ignorados

A purely visual mix-up. ignoradas ([iɣ̞noˈɾað̞as]) and ignorados ([iɣ̞noˈɾað̞os]) 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 “ignoradas” becomes o in “ignorados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ignoradas is recorded at frequency rank #40,341, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [iɣ̞noˈɾað̞as]. ignorados is at rank #28,028, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [iɣ̞noˈɾað̞os].

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 68369, this pair ranks #34,677 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ignoradas vs ignorados

Shared letters: adginors. Private to "ignoradas": -. Private to "ignorados": -.

"ignoradas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "ignorados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ignoradas ← ginoradas · iggnoradas · ignnoradas · ignoardas · ignoraads · ignoradass · ignoraddas · ignoradsa
  • ignorados ← ginorados · iggnorados · ignnorados · ignoardos · ignoraddos · ignoradoss · ignoradso · ignoraods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ignoradas" and "ignorados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([iɣ̞noˈɾað̞as] versus [iɣ̞noˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ignoradas" vs "ignorados" - which ranks higher?
"ignorados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,028 in our Spanish list, against #40,341 for "ignoradas". 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 "ignoradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,677 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ignoradas" and "ignorados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignorados vs ignoraron". 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 #34,677 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