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“percibida” and “percibidas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,716
“percibida” frequency rank
#39,916
“percibidas” frequency rank
67632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature percibida percibidas
Definition Forma del femenino de percibido, participio de percibir. Forma del femenino plural de percibido, participio de percibir.

Where the eye mixes percibida and percibidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. percibida runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against percibidas's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
percibida
10 ch
percibidas

Look-alike desk: percibida vs percibidas

A purely visual mix-up. percibida ([peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞a]) and percibidas ([peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞as]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “percibida” sits inside “percibidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

percibida is recorded at frequency rank #27,716, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞a]. percibidas is at rank #39,916, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞as].

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 67632, this pair ranks #36,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of percibida vs percibidas

Shared letters: abcdeipr. Private to "percibida": -. Private to "percibidas": s.

"percibida" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "percibidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • percibida ← eprcibida · pecribida · percbiida · perccibida · percibbida · percibdia · percibiad · percibidda
  • percibidas ← eprcibidas · pecribidas · percbiidas · perccibidas · percibbidas · percibdias · percibiads · percibidass

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "percibida" for "percibidas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞a] versus [peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "percibida" or "percibidas" show up more?
"percibida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,716 in our Spanish list, against #39,916 for "percibidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "percibida" and "percibidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "percibida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "percibidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "percibida" and "percibidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percibía vs percibidas". 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 #36,632 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