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Which to use

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

#10,725
“paradas” frequency rank
#49,853
“peladas” frequency rank
60578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature paradas peladas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de parado. Forma del femenino plural de pelado, participio de pelar o de pelarse.

Where the eye mixes paradas and peladas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. paradas and peladas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
paradas
7 ch
peladas

Why the eye confuses paradas with peladas

A purely visual mix-up. paradas ([paˈɾað̞as]) and peladas ([peˈlað̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

paradas is recorded at frequency rank #10,725, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [paˈɾað̞as]. peladas is at rank #49,853, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈlað̞as].

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 60578, this pair ranks #58,453 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of paradas vs peladas

Shared letters: adps. Private to "paradas": r. Private to "peladas": el.

"paradas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "peladas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • paradas ← apradas · paardas · paraads · paradass · paraddas · paradsa · pardaas · parradas
  • peladas ← epladas · pealdas · pelaads · peladass · peladdas · peladsa · peldaas · pelladas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "paradas" and "peladas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([paˈɾað̞as] versus [peˈlað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "paradas" or "peladas"?
"paradas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,725 in our Spanish list, against #49,853 for "peladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "paradas" and "peladas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "paradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peladas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,453 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "paradas" and "peladas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palmadas vs peladas". 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 #58,453 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