laderavsladerasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#20,410
“ladera” frequency rank
#21,728
“laderas” frequency rank
42138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ladera laderas
Definition Pendiente de un monte, montaña u otra elevación. Forma del plural de ladera

Where the eye mixes ladera and laderas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
ladera
7 ch
laderas

Visual trap between ladera and laderas

A purely visual mix-up. ladera ([laˈð̞eɾa]) and laderas ([laˈð̞eɾas]) 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) - “ladera” sits inside “laderas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ladera is recorded at frequency rank #20,410, classified as anoun, pronounced [laˈð̞eɾa]. laderas is at rank #21,728, tagged as anoun, pronounced [laˈð̞eɾas].

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 42138, this pair ranks #149,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ladera vs laderas

Shared letters: adelr. Private to "ladera": -. Private to "laderas": s.

"ladera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "laderas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laderaaldera · laddera · ladear · laderra · ladrea · laedra · ldaera · lladera
  • laderasalderas · ladderas · ladears · laderass · laderras · ladersa · ladreas · laedras

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ladera" for "laderas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([laˈð̞eɾa] versus [laˈð̞eɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ladera" vs "laderas" - which ranks higher?
"ladera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,410 in our Spanish list, against #21,728 for "laderas". 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 "ladera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "laderas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ladera" and "laderas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labora vs ladera". 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 #149,891 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