invitadavsinvitadasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: invitada is a noun, invitadas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“invitada” is a noun and “invitadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,519
“invitada” frequency rank
#23,463
“invitadas” frequency rank
33982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invitada invitadas
Definition Persona que ha recibido invitación. Forma del femenino plural de invitado, participio de invitar.

Where the eye mixes invitada and invitadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
invitada
9 ch
invitadas

Look-alike desk: invitada vs invitadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: invitada is [ĩmbiˈt̪að̞a] while invitadas is [ĩmbiˈt̪að̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “invitada” sits inside “invitadas”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invitada is recorded at frequency rank #10,519, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩmbiˈt̪að̞a]. invitadas is at rank #23,463, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmbiˈt̪að̞as].

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 33982, this pair ranks #193,826 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invitada vs invitadas

Shared letters: adintv. Private to "invitada": -. Private to "invitadas": s.

"invitada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "invitadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invitadainbitada · inivtada · innvitada · inviatda · invitaad · invitadda · invitdaa · invittada
  • invitadasinbitadas · inivtadas · innvitadas · inviatdas · invitaads · invitadass · invitaddas · invitadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "invitada" for "invitadas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "invitada" is a noun and "invitadas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "invitada" or "invitadas"?
"invitada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,519 in our Spanish list, against #23,463 for "invitadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "invitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invitadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,826 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invitada" and "invitadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventadas vs invitadas". 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 #193,826 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