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

#31,432
“manchada” frequency rank
#40,938
“manchados” frequency rank
72370
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manchada manchados
Definition Forma del femenino de manchado, participio de manchar. Forma del plural de manchado, participio de manchar.

Where the eye mixes manchada and manchados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. manchada runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against manchados's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
manchada
9 ch
manchados

Visual trap between manchada and manchados

A purely visual mix-up. manchada ([mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞a]) and manchados ([mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manchada is recorded at frequency rank #31,432, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞a]. manchados is at rank #40,938, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞os].

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 72370, this pair ranks #25,494 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of manchada vs manchados

Shared letters: acdhmn. Private to "manchada": -. Private to "manchados": os.

"manchada" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "manchados" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manchadaamnchada · macnhada · mancahda · mancchada · manchaad · manchadda · manchdaa · manchhada
  • manchadosamnchados · macnhados · mancahdos · mancchados · manchaddos · manchadoss · manchadso · manchaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manchada" and "manchados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞a] versus [mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "manchada" vs "manchados" - which ranks higher?
"manchada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,432 in our Spanish list, against #40,938 for "manchados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "manchada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manchados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,494 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manchada" and "manchados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "machaca vs manchada". 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 #25,494 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