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

#8,420
“partidas” frequency rank
#11,105
“patadas” frequency rank
19525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partidas patadas
Definition Las cualidades morales que adornan a una persona. Forma del plural de patada

Where the eye mixes partidas and patadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. partidas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against patadas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
partidas
7 ch
patadas

Look-alike desk: partidas vs patadas

A purely visual mix-up. partidas ([paɾˈt̪ið̞as]) and patadas ([paˈt̪að̞as]) 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 19525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partidas is recorded at frequency rank #8,420, classified as anoun, pronounced [paɾˈt̪ið̞as]. patadas is at rank #11,105, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paˈt̪að̞as].

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 19525, this pair ranks #263,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of partidas vs patadas

Shared letters: adpst. Private to "partidas": ir. Private to "patadas": -.

"partidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "patadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partidas ← aprtidas · paritdas · parrtidas · partdias · partiads · partidass · partiddas · partidsa
  • patadas ← aptadas · paatdas · pataads · patadass · pataddas · patadsa · patdaas · pattadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "partidas" for "patadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([paɾˈt̪ið̞as] versus [paˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "partidas" or "patadas"?
"partidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,420 in our Spanish list, against #11,105 for "patadas". 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 "partidas" and "patadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "patadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #263,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partidas" and "patadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "patadas 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 #263,367 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