Which to use
“obligadas” and “obligados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,431
- “obligadas” frequency rank
- #4,733
- “obligados” frequency rank
- 20164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligadas | obligados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de obligado, participio de obligar o de obligarse. | Forma del plural de obligado, participio de obligar o de obligarse. |
Where the eye mixes obligadas and obligados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. obligadas and obligados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: obligadas vs obligados
A purely visual mix-up. obligadas ([oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞as]) and obligados ([oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “obligadas” becomes o in “obligados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligadas is recorded at frequency rank #15,431, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞as]. obligados is at rank #4,733, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 20164, this pair ranks #260,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of obligadas vs obligados
Shared letters: abdgilos. Private to "obligadas": -. Private to "obligados": -.
"obligadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "obligados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "obligadas" and "obligados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "obligadas" or "obligados"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "obligadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obligados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligadas" and "obligados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obligaban vs obligadas". 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 #260,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.