ladravslandaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#32,275
“ladra” frequency rank
#32,737
“landa” frequency rank
65012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ladra landa
Definition El acto de ladrar el perro. Lugar llano y despejado en el que abundan las plantas silvestres.

Where the eye mixes ladra and landa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ladra and landa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
ladra
5 ch
landa

Visual trap between ladra and landa

A purely visual mix-up. ladra ([ˈlað̞ɾa]) and landa ([ˈlãn̪d̪a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ladra is recorded at frequency rank #32,275, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlað̞ɾa]. landa is at rank #32,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlãn̪d̪a].

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 65012, this pair ranks #43,888 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ladra vs landa

Shared letters: adl. Private to "ladra": r. Private to "landa": n.

"ladra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "landa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladra ← aldra · ladar · laddra · ladrra · larda · ldara · lladra
  • landa ← alnda · ladna · lanad · landda · lannda · llanda · lnada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ladra" and "landa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈlað̞ɾa] versus [ˈlãn̪d̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ladra" vs "landa" - which ranks higher?
"ladra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,275 in our Spanish list, against #32,737 for "landa". 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 "ladra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "landa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,888 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ladra" and "landa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ladra vs Lyra". 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 #43,888 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