Which to use
“motivada” and “motivadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,321
- “motivada” frequency rank
- #38,832
- “motivadas” frequency rank
- 57153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motivada | motivadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de motivado, participio de motivar. | Forma del femenino plural de motivado, participio de motivar. |
Where the eye mixes motivada and motivadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. motivada runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against motivadas's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses motivada with motivadas
A purely visual mix-up. motivada ([mot̪iˈβ̞að̞a]) and motivadas ([mot̪iˈβ̞að̞as]) 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) - “motivada” sits inside “motivadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motivada is recorded at frequency rank #18,321, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mot̪iˈβ̞að̞a]. motivadas is at rank #38,832, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mot̪iˈβ̞að̞as].
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 57153, this pair ranks #71,623 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of motivada vs motivadas
Shared letters: adimotv. Private to "motivada": -. Private to "motivadas": s.
"motivada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "motivadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "motivada" and "motivadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "motivada" or "motivadas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "motivada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motivadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,623 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motivada" and "motivadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motivadas vs motivador". 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 #71,623 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.