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Which to use

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

#18,916
“nominada” frequency rank
#44,887
“nominadas” frequency rank
63803
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nominada nominadas
Definition Forma del femenino de nominado, participio de nominar. Forma del femenino plural de nominado, participio de nominar.

Where the eye mixes nominada and nominadas

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

8 ch
nominada
9 ch
nominadas

Why the eye confuses nominada with nominadas

A purely visual mix-up. nominada ([nomiˈnað̞a]) and nominadas ([nomiˈnað̞as]) 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) - “nominada” sits inside “nominadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nominada is recorded at frequency rank #18,916, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [nomiˈnað̞a]. nominadas is at rank #44,887, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [nomiˈnað̞as].

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 63803, this pair ranks #47,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nominada vs nominadas

Shared letters: adimno. Private to "nominada": -. Private to "nominadas": s.

"nominada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "nominadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nominada ← nmoinada · nnominada · noimnada · nomianda · nominaad · nominadda · nomindaa · nominnada
  • nominadas ← nmoinadas · nnominadas · noimnadas · nomiandas · nominaads · nominadass · nominaddas · nominadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nominada" for "nominadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([nomiˈnað̞a] versus [nomiˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "nominada" or "nominadas"?
"nominada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,916 in our Spanish list, against #44,887 for "nominadas". 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 "nominada" and "nominadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nominada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nominadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nominada" and "nominadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nominadas vs nominales". 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 #47,563 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