lanzadavslanzadosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#10,164
“lanzada” frequency rank
#21,041
“lanzados” frequency rank
31205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lanzada lanzados
Definition Golpe propinado con una lanza o la herida provocada por este. Forma del plural de lanzado, participio de lanzar.

Where the eye mixes lanzada and lanzados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. lanzada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against lanzados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
lanzada
8 ch
lanzados

Look-alike desk: lanzada vs lanzados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lanzada is [lãnˈsað̞a] while lanzados is [lãnˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lanzada is recorded at frequency rank #10,164, classified as anoun, pronounced [lãnˈsað̞a]. lanzados is at rank #21,041, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [lãnˈsað̞os].

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 31205, this pair ranks #208,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lanzada vs lanzados

Shared letters: adlnz. Private to "lanzada": -. Private to "lanzados": os.

"lanzada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "lanzados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lanzada ← alnzada · lanazda · lannzada · lanzaad · lanzadda · lanzdaa · lanzzada · laznada
  • lanzados ← alnzados · lanazdos · lannzados · lanzaddos · lanzadoss · lanzadso · lanzaods · lanzdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lanzada" for "lanzados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lanzada" is a noun and "lanzados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lanzada" or "lanzados"?
"lanzada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,164 in our Spanish list, against #21,041 for "lanzados". 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 "lanzada" and "lanzados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lanzada" and "lanzados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lanzadores vs lanzados". 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 #208,250 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