pegadasvspeladasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#31,050
“pegadas” frequency rank
#49,853
“peladas” frequency rank
80903
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pegadas peladas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de pegado, participio de pegar. Forma del femenino plural de pelado, participio de pelar o de pelarse.

Where the eye mixes pegadas and peladas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
pegadas
7 ch
peladas

Visual trap between pegadas and peladas

A purely visual mix-up. pegadas ([peˈɣ̞að̞as]) and peladas ([peˈlað̞as]) 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 a single letter - g in “pegadas” becomes l in “peladas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80903, 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]. peladas is at rank #49,853, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈlað̞as].

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 80903, this pair ranks #11,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pegadas vs peladas

Shared letters: adeps. Private to "pegadas": g. Private to "peladas": l.

"pegadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "peladas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pegadasepgadas · peagdas · pegaads · pegadass · pegaddas · pegadsa · pegdaas · peggadas
  • peladasepladas · pealdas · pelaads · peladass · peladdas · peladsa · peldaas · pelladas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pegadas" for "peladas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peˈɣ̞að̞as] versus [peˈlað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pegadas" vs "peladas" - which ranks higher?
"pegadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,050 in our Spanish list, against #49,853 for "peladas". 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 "pegadas" and "peladas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pegadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peladas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pegadas" and "peladas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palmadas 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 #11,082 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