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

#45,490
“parrillada” frequency rank
#44,902
“parrillas” frequency rank
90392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parrillada parrillas
Definition Comida de varias carnes o pescados preparados a la parrilla. Forma del plural de parrilla.

Where the eye mixes parrillada and parrillas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. parrillada runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against parrillas's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
parrillada
9 ch
parrillas

Look-alike desk: parrillada vs parrillas

A purely visual mix-up. parrillada ([pariˈʝað̞a]) and parrillas ([paˈriʝas]) 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 90392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parrillada is recorded at frequency rank #45,490, classified as anoun, pronounced [pariˈʝað̞a]. parrillas is at rank #44,902, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paˈriʝas].

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 90392, this pair ranks #2,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of parrillada vs parrillas

Shared letters: ailpr. Private to "parrillada": d. Private to "parrillas": s.

"parrillada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "parrillas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parrillada ← aprrillada · parillada · parirllada · parrilada · parrilalda · parrillaad · parrilladda · parrilldaa
  • parrillas ← aprrillas · parillas · parirllas · parrilals · parrilas · parrillass · parrillsa · parrlilas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "parrillada" for "parrillas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pariˈʝað̞a] versus [paˈriʝas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "parrillada" or "parrillas"?
"parrillas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,902 in our Spanish list, against #45,490 for "parrillada". 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 "parrillada" and "parrillas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parrillada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parrillas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parrillada" and "parrillas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parrillas vs patillas". 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 #2,535 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