pecadoravspecadoresWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: pecadora is a noun, pecadores is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pecadora” is a noun and “pecadores” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,909
“pecadora” frequency rank
#18,034
“pecadores” frequency rank
62943
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pecadora pecadores
Definition Ramera. Forma del plural de pecador.

Where the eye mixes pecadora and pecadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
pecadora
9 ch
pecadores

Visual trap between pecadora and pecadores

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pecadora is [pekaˈð̞oɾa] while pecadores is [pekaˈð̞oɾes]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pecadora is recorded at frequency rank #44,909, classified as anoun, pronounced [pekaˈð̞oɾa]. pecadores is at rank #18,034, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pekaˈð̞oɾes].

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 62943, this pair ranks #50,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pecadora vs pecadores

Shared letters: acdeopr. Private to "pecadora": -. Private to "pecadores": s.

"pecadora" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "pecadores" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pecadoraepcadora · pceadora · peacdora · pecaddora · pecadoar · pecadorra · pecadroa · pecaodra
  • pecadoresepcadores · pceadores · peacdores · pecaddores · pecadoers · pecadoress · pecadorres · pecadorse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pecadora" and "pecadores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pecadora" is a noun and "pecadores" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pecadora" or "pecadores" show up more?
"pecadores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,034 in our Spanish list, against #44,909 for "pecadora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "pecadora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pecadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pecadora" and "pecadores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pecadora vs picadura". 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 #50,339 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