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

#18,916
“nominada” frequency rank
#16,653
“nominados” frequency rank
35569
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes nominada and nominados

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

8 ch
nominada
9 ch
nominados

Visual trap between nominada and nominados

A purely visual mix-up. nominada ([nomiˈnað̞a]) and nominados ([nomiˈnað̞os]) 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 35569, 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]. nominados is at rank #16,653, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [nomiˈnað̞os].

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 35569, this pair ranks #185,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nominada vs nominados

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nominada ← nmoinada · nnominada · noimnada · nomianda · nominaad · nominadda · nomindaa · nominnada
  • nominados ← nmoinados · nnominados · noimnados · nomiandos · nominaddos · nominadoss · nominadso · nominaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nominada" and "nominados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([nomiˈnað̞a] versus [nomiˈnað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "nominada" or "nominados" show up more?
"nominados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,653 in our Spanish list, against #18,916 for "nominada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "nominada" and "nominados" 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 "nominados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nominada" and "nominados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nominada vs nominadas". 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 #185,384 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