Which to use
“manchadas” is a participle and “manchado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,227
- “manchadas” frequency rank
- #20,736
- “manchado” frequency rank
- 58963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manchadas | manchado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de manchado, participio de manchar. | Que está salpicado de manchas |
Where the eye mixes manchadas and manchado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. manchadas runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against manchado's 8 (CVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses manchadas with manchado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manchadas is [mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞as] while manchado is [mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞o]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manchadas is recorded at frequency rank #38,227, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞as]. manchado is at rank #20,736, tagged as anadj, pronounced [mãnʲˈt͡ʃað̞o].
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 58963, this pair ranks #64,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manchadas vs manchado
Shared letters: acdhmn. Private to "manchadas": s. Private to "manchado": o.
"manchadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "manchado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manchadas" for "manchado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "manchadas" or "manchado" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "manchadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manchado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manchadas" and "manchado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manchadas vs manejadas". 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 #64,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.