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Which to use

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

#35,105
“inundada” frequency rank
#40,899
“inundadas” frequency rank
76004
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inundada inundadas
Definition Forma del femenino de inundado, participio de inundar. Forma del femenino plural de inundado, participio de inundar.

Where the eye mixes inundada and inundadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. inundada runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against inundadas's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
inundada
9 ch
inundadas

Why the eye confuses inundada with inundadas

A purely visual mix-up. inundada ([inũn̪ˈd̪að̞a]) and inundadas ([inũn̪ˈd̪að̞as]) 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) - “inundada” sits inside “inundadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inundada is recorded at frequency rank #35,105, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞a]. inundadas is at rank #40,899, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞as].

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 76004, this pair ranks #18,499 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inundada vs inundadas

Shared letters: adinu. Private to "inundada": -. Private to "inundadas": s.

"inundada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "inundadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inundada ← innudada · innundada · inudnada · inunadda · inundaad · inundadda · inunddaa · inunddada
  • inundadas ← innudadas · innundadas · inudnadas · inunaddas · inundaads · inundadass · inundaddas · inundadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inundada" for "inundadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([inũn̪ˈd̪að̞a] versus [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "inundada" or "inundadas"?
"inundada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,105 in our Spanish list, against #40,899 for "inundadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "inundada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inundadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,499 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inundada" and "inundadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inundadas vs inundados". 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 #18,499 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