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

#40,462
“piadosa” frequency rank
#49,193
“picados” frequency rank
89655
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature piadosa picados
Definition Forma del femenino de piadoso. Forma del plural de picado.

Where the eye mixes piadosa and picados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. piadosa (CVVCVCV) and picados (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
piadosa
7 ch
picados

Why the eye confuses piadosa with picados

A purely visual mix-up. piadosa ([pjaˈð̞osa]) and picados ([piˈkað̞os]) 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 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

piadosa is recorded at frequency rank #40,462, classified as anadj, pronounced [pjaˈð̞osa]. picados is at rank #49,193, tagged as anadj, pronounced [piˈkað̞os].

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 89655, this pair ranks #2,982 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of piadosa vs picados

Shared letters: adiops. Private to "piadosa": -. Private to "picados": c.

"piadosa" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "picados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • piadosa ← ipadosa · paidosa · piaddosa · piadoas · piadossa · piadsoa · piaodsa · pidaosa
  • picados ← ipcados · pciados · piacdos · picaddos · picadoss · picadso · picaods · piccados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "piadosa" and "picados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([pjaˈð̞osa] versus [piˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "piadosa" or "picados"?
"piadosa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,462 in our Spanish list, against #49,193 for "picados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "piadosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "picados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,982 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "piadosa" and "picados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "picados vs picazón". 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 #2,982 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