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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pegadas" for "peladas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pegadas" vs "peladas" - which ranks higher?
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.