Which to use
“piadosa” is an adjective and “píldora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,462
- “piadosa” frequency rank
- #25,013
- “píldora” frequency rank
- 65475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piadosa | píldora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de piadoso. | Masa pequeña, dura y seca, que cabe fácilmente en la boca y puede tragarse, y que a menudo se consume vía oral como medicamento. |
Where the eye mixes piadosa and píldora
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. piadosa (CVVCVCV) and píldora (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: piadosa vs píldora
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piadosa is [pjaˈð̞osa] while píldora is [ˈpil̪d̪oɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65475, 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]. píldora is at rank #25,013, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpil̪d̪oɾa].
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 65475, this pair ranks #42,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piadosa vs píldora
Shared letters: adop. Private to "piadosa": is. Private to "píldora": lrí.
"piadosa" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "píldora" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- piadosa ← ipadosa · paidosa · piaddosa · piadoas · piadossa · piadsoa · piaodsa · pidaosa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piadosa" for "píldora" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "piadosa" or "píldora" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "piadosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "píldora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piadosa" and "píldora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piadosa vs picados". 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 #42,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.