Which to use
“pegadas” is a participle and “picadas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,050
- “pegadas” frequency rank
- #35,684
- “picadas” frequency rank
- 66734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pegadas | picadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de pegado, participio de pegar. | Forma del femenino plural de picado. |
Where the eye mixes pegadas and picadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pegadas vs picadas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pegadas is [peˈɣ̞að̞as] while picadas is [piˈkað̞as]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66734, 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]. picadas is at rank #35,684, tagged as anadj, pronounced [piˈkað̞as].
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 66734, this pair ranks #39,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pegadas vs picadas
Shared letters: adps. Private to "pegadas": eg. Private to "picadas": ci.
"pegadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "picadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pegadas" and "picadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pegadas" vs "picadas" - which ranks higher?
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 "pegadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "picadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pegadas" and "picadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peladas vs picadas". 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 #39,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.