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

#10,871
“indicada” frequency rank
#19,769
“indicados” frequency rank
30640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indicada indicados
Definition Forma del femenino de indicado, participio de indicar. Forma del plural de indicado, participio de indicar.

Where the eye mixes indicada and indicados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
indicada
9 ch
indicados

Visual trap between indicada and indicados

A purely visual mix-up. indicada ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞a]) and indicados ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indicada is recorded at frequency rank #10,871, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞a]. indicados is at rank #19,769, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞os].

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 30640, this pair ranks #211,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indicada vs indicados

Shared letters: acdin. Private to "indicada": -. Private to "indicados": os.

"indicada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "indicados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indicadaidnicada · indciada · inddicada · indiacda · indicaad · indicadda · indiccada · indicdaa
  • indicadosidnicados · indciados · inddicados · indiacdos · indicaddos · indicadoss · indicadso · indicaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indicada" and "indicados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞a] versus [ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "indicada" or "indicados"?
"indicada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,871 in our Spanish list, against #19,769 for "indicados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "indicada" and "indicados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indicada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indicados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #211,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indicada" and "indicados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicados vs indicamos". 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 #211,000 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