Which to use
“pegados” and “peladas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,638
- “pegados” frequency rank
- #49,853
- “peladas” frequency rank
- 68491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pegados | peladas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de pegado, participio de pegar. | Forma del femenino plural de pelado, participio de pelar o de pelarse. |
Where the eye mixes pegados and peladas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pegados and peladas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses pegados with peladas
A purely visual mix-up. pegados ([peˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pegados is recorded at frequency rank #18,638, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈɣ̞að̞os]. 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 68491, this pair ranks #34,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pegados vs peladas
Shared letters: adeps. Private to "pegados": go. Private to "peladas": l.
"pegados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "peladas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pegados" and "peladas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pegados" or "peladas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pegados" 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 #34,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pegados" 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 #34,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.