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

#37,161
“inventadas” frequency rank
#31,852
“inventados” frequency rank
69013
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inventadas inventados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de inventado, participio de inventar. Forma del plural de inventado, participio de inventar.

Where the eye mixes inventadas and inventados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. inventadas and inventados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
inventadas
10 ch
inventados

Look-alike desk: inventadas vs inventados

A purely visual mix-up. inventadas ([ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) and inventados ([ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) 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 “inventadas” becomes o in “inventados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inventadas is recorded at frequency rank #37,161, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as]. inventados is at rank #31,852, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os].

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 69013, this pair ranks #33,075 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inventadas vs inventados

Shared letters: adeinstv. Private to "inventadas": -. Private to "inventados": o.

"inventadas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "inventados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inventadas ← inbentadas · inevntadas · innventadas · invenatdas · invenntadas · inventaads · inventadass · inventaddas
  • inventados ← inbentados · inevntados · innventados · invenatdos · invenntados · inventaddos · inventadoss · inventadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inventadas" for "inventados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as] versus [ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "inventadas" or "inventados" show up more?
"inventados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,852 in our Spanish list, against #37,161 for "inventadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inventadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inventados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,075 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inventadas" and "inventados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventadas vs invertidas". 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 #33,075 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