pegadasvspegamosTell them apart

Quick tell: pegadas is a participle, pegamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pegadas” is a participle and “pegamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,050
“pegadas” frequency rank
#35,672
“pegamos” frequency rank
66722
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pegadas pegamos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de pegado, participio de pegar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de pegar.

Where the eye mixes pegadas and pegamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
pegadas
7 ch
pegamos

Visual trap between pegadas and pegamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pegadas is [peˈɣ̞að̞as] while pegamos is [peˈɣ̞amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pegadas is recorded at frequency rank #31,050, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈɣ̞að̞as]. pegamos is at rank #35,672, tagged as averb, pronounced [peˈɣ̞amos].

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 66722, this pair ranks #39,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pegadas vs pegamos

Shared letters: aegps. Private to "pegadas": d. Private to "pegamos": mo.

"pegadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pegamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pegadasepgadas · peagdas · pegaads · pegadass · pegaddas · pegadsa · pegdaas · peggadas
  • pegamosepgamos · peagmos · pegammos · pegamoss · pegamso · pegaoms · peggamos · pegmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pegadas" and "pegamos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pegadas" is a participle and "pegamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "pegadas" or "pegamos"?
"pegadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,050 in our Spanish list, against #35,672 for "pegamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pegadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pegamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pegadas" and "pegamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pegadas 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 #39,070 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