peludasvspesadasConfusable pair

Quick tell: peludas is a adjective, pesadas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“peludas” is an adjective and “pesadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,536
“peludas” frequency rank
#13,114
“pesadas” frequency rank
54650
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peludas pesadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de peludo. Forma del femenino plural de pesado, participio de pesar.

Where the eye mixes peludas and pesadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. peludas and pesadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
peludas
7 ch
pesadas

Look-alike desk: peludas vs pesadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: peludas is [peˈluð̞as] while pesadas is [peˈsað̞as]. 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 (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peludas is recorded at frequency rank #41,536, classified as anadj, pronounced [peˈluð̞as]. pesadas is at rank #13,114, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈsað̞as].

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 54650, this pair ranks #82,381 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of peludas vs pesadas

Shared letters: adeps. Private to "peludas": lu. Private to "pesadas": -.

"peludas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pesadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peludas ← epludas · pelduas · pelludas · peluads · peludass · peluddas · peludsa · peuldas
  • pesadas ← peasdas · pesaads · pesadass · pesaddas · pesadsa · pesdaas · pessadas · ppesadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "peludas" and "pesadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "peludas" is an adjective and "pesadas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "peludas" or "pesadas" show up more?
"pesadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,114 in our Spanish list, against #41,536 for "peludas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "peludas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pesadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #82,381 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peludas" and "pesadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peladas vs peludas". 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 #82,381 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