Which to use
“patada” is a noun and “pintada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,563
- “patada” frequency rank
- #13,315
- “pintada” frequency rank
- 21878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | patada | pintada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Golpe dado con el pie o la pata. | Forma del femenino de pintado, participio de pintar. |
Where the eye mixes patada and pintada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: patada vs pintada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: patada is [paˈt̪að̞a] while pintada is [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
patada is recorded at frequency rank #8,563, classified as anoun, pronounced [paˈt̪að̞a]. pintada is at rank #13,315, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞a].
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 21878, this pair ranks #252,927 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of patada vs pintada
Shared letters: adpt. Private to "patada": -. Private to "pintada": in.
"patada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pintada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "patada" for "pintada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "patada" vs "pintada" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "patada" and "pintada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "patada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,927 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "patada" and "pintada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pintada vs puntada". 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 #252,927 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.