ligadasvslogradasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#21,051
“ligadas” frequency rank
#47,235
“logradas” frequency rank
68286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ligadas logradas
Definition Forma del plural de ligada. Forma del femenino plural de logrado, participio de lograr o de lograrse.

Where the eye mixes ligadas and logradas

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

7 ch
ligadas
8 ch
logradas

Visual trap between ligadas and logradas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ligadas is [liˈɣ̞að̞as] while logradas is [loˈɣ̞ɾað̞as]. 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 68286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ligadas is recorded at frequency rank #21,051, classified as anoun, pronounced [liˈɣ̞að̞as]. logradas is at rank #47,235, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [loˈɣ̞ɾað̞as].

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 68286, this pair ranks #34,900 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ligadas vs logradas

Shared letters: adgls. Private to "ligadas": i. Private to "logradas": or.

"ligadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "logradas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ligadasilgadas · lgiadas · liagdas · ligaads · ligadass · ligaddas · ligadsa · ligdaas
  • logradaslgoradas · llogradas · logardas · loggradas · lograads · logradass · lograddas · logradsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ligadas" for "logradas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ligadas" is a noun and "logradas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ligadas" or "logradas" show up more?
"ligadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,051 in our Spanish list, against #47,235 for "logradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ligadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,900 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ligadas" and "logradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lograban vs logradas". 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 #34,900 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