Which to use
“pegado” is a verb and “pelada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,160
- “pegado” frequency rank
- #33,763
- “pelada” frequency rank
- 41923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pegado | pelada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de pegar. | Forma del femenino de pelado, participio de pelar o de pelarse. |
Where the eye mixes pegado and pelada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pegado vs pelada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pegado is [peˈɣ̞að̞o] while pelada is [peˈlað̞a]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pegado is recorded at frequency rank #8,160, classified as averb, pronounced [peˈɣ̞að̞o]. pelada is at rank #33,763, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈlað̞a].
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 41923, this pair ranks #151,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pegado vs pelada
Shared letters: adep. Private to "pegado": go. Private to "pelada": l.
"pegado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pelada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pegado" and "pelada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pegado" or "pelada"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pegado" and "pelada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pegado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pelada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pegado" and "pelada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pelada 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 #151,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.