Which to use
“llamadas” and “llamados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,352
- “llamadas” frequency rank
- #3,266
- “llamados” frequency rank
- 5618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llamadas | llamados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de llamado, participio de llamar o de llamarse. | Forma del plural de llamado, participio de llamar o de llamarse. |
Where the eye mixes llamadas and llamados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. llamadas and llamados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: llamadas vs llamados
A purely visual mix-up. llamadas ([ʝaˈmað̞as]) and llamados ([ʝaˈmað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “llamadas” becomes o in “llamados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llamadas is recorded at frequency rank #2,352, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝaˈmað̞as]. llamados is at rank #3,266, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝaˈmað̞os].
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 5618, this pair ranks #313,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llamadas vs llamados
Shared letters: adlms. Private to "llamadas": -. Private to "llamados": o.
"llamadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llamados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llamadas" and "llamados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llamadas" or "llamados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "llamadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llamados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llamadas" and "llamados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llamados vs llamándose". 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 #313,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.