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

#22,052
“ilimitada” frequency rank
#15,874
“ilimitado” frequency rank
37926
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ilimitada ilimitado
Definition Forma del femenino de ilimitado. Sin límites o cuyo final no puede establecerse.

Where the eye mixes ilimitada and ilimitado

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

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Look-alike desk: ilimitada vs ilimitado

A purely visual mix-up. ilimitada ([ilimiˈt̪að̞a]) and ilimitado ([ilimiˈt̪að̞o]) 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 “ilimitada” becomes o in “ilimitado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ilimitada is recorded at frequency rank #22,052, classified as anadj, pronounced [ilimiˈt̪að̞a]. ilimitado is at rank #15,874, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ilimiˈt̪að̞o].

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 37926, this pair ranks #172,729 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ilimitada vs ilimitado

Shared letters: adilmt. Private to "ilimitada": -. Private to "ilimitado": o.

"ilimitada" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "ilimitado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ilimitada ← iilmitada · iliimtada · ilimiatda · ilimitaad · ilimitadda · ilimitdaa · ilimittada · ilimmitada
  • ilimitado ← iilmitado · iliimtado · ilimiatdo · ilimitaddo · ilimitaod · ilimitdao · ilimittado · ilimmitado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ilimitada" and "ilimitado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ilimiˈt̪að̞a] versus [ilimiˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ilimitada" vs "ilimitado" - which ranks higher?
"ilimitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,874 in our Spanish list, against #22,052 for "ilimitada". 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 "ilimitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ilimitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #172,729 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ilimitada" and "ilimitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ilimitado vs imitado". 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 #172,729 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