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

#4,720
“limitada” frequency rank
#13,086
“limitadas” frequency rank
17806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature limitada limitadas
Definition Forma del femenino de limitado, participio de limitar o de limitarse. Forma del femenino plural de limitado, participio de limitar o de limitarse.

Where the eye mixes limitada and limitadas

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

8 ch
limitada
9 ch
limitadas

Look-alike desk: limitada vs limitadas

A purely visual mix-up. limitada ([limiˈt̪að̞a]) and limitadas ([limiˈt̪að̞as]) 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) - “limitada” sits inside “limitadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

limitada is recorded at frequency rank #4,720, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [limiˈt̪að̞a]. limitadas is at rank #13,086, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [limiˈt̪að̞as].

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 17806, this pair ranks #270,613 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of limitada vs limitadas

Shared letters: adilmt. Private to "limitada": -. Private to "limitadas": s.

"limitada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "limitadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • limitadailmitada · liimtada · limiatda · limitaad · limitadda · limitdaa · limittada · limmitada
  • limitadasilmitadas · liimtadas · limiatdas · limitaads · limitadass · limitaddas · limitadsa · limitdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "limitada" for "limitadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([limiˈt̪að̞a] versus [limiˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "limitada" vs "limitadas" - which ranks higher?
"limitada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,720 in our Spanish list, against #13,086 for "limitadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "limitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "limitadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #270,613 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "limitada" and "limitadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "limitadas vs limitará". 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 #270,613 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