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Which to use

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

#19,177
“mezclada” frequency rank
#25,711
“mezcladas” frequency rank
44888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mezclada mezcladas
Definition Forma del femenino de mezclado, participio de mezclar o de mezclarse. Forma del femenino plural de mezclado, participio de mezclar o de mezclarse.

Where the eye mixes mezclada and mezcladas

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

8 ch
mezclada
9 ch
mezcladas

Look-alike desk: mezclada vs mezcladas

A purely visual mix-up. mezclada ([mesˈklað̞a]) and mezcladas ([mesˈklað̞as]) 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) - “mezclada” sits inside “mezcladas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mezclada is recorded at frequency rank #19,177, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mesˈklað̞a]. mezcladas is at rank #25,711, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mesˈklað̞as].

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 44888, this pair ranks #134,552 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mezclada vs mezcladas

Shared letters: acdelmz. Private to "mezclada": -. Private to "mezcladas": s.

"mezclada" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "mezcladas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mezcladaemzclada · meczlada · mezcalda · mezcclada · mezclaad · mezcladda · mezcldaa · mezcllada
  • mezcladasemzcladas · meczladas · mezcaldas · mezccladas · mezclaads · mezcladass · mezcladdas · mezcladsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mezclada" and "mezcladas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([mesˈklað̞a] versus [mesˈklað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mezclada" or "mezcladas" show up more?
"mezclada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,177 in our Spanish list, against #25,711 for "mezcladas". 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 "mezclada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mezcladas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,552 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mezclada" and "mezcladas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mezclaba vs mezcladas". 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 #134,552 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