Which to use
“malditas” and “malditos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,789
- “malditas” frequency rank
- #8,835
- “malditos” frequency rank
- 28624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malditas | malditos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de maldito, participio irregular de maldecir. | Forma del plural de maldito, participio irregular de maldecir. |
Where the eye mixes malditas and malditos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. malditas and malditos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses malditas with malditos
A purely visual mix-up. malditas ([mal̪ˈd̪it̪as]) and malditos ([mal̪ˈd̪it̪os]) 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 “malditas” becomes o in “malditos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malditas is recorded at frequency rank #19,789, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mal̪ˈd̪it̪as]. malditos is at rank #8,835, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mal̪ˈd̪it̪os].
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 28624, this pair ranks #221,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of malditas vs malditos
Shared letters: adilmst. Private to "malditas": -. Private to "malditos": o.
"malditas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "malditos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "malditas" and "malditos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "malditas" vs "malditos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "malditas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malditos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malditas" and "malditos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maldijo vs malditos". 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 #221,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.