Which to use
“pillado” and “pillaje” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,671
- “pillado” frequency rank
- #44,925
- “pillaje” frequency rank
- 61596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pillado | pillaje |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Juego infantil que consiste en perseguir a alguien hasta tocarlo o atraparlo. Tiene muchas variantes, según se juegue de a dos o más personas y con reglas que faciliten o dificulten el pillar a los que escapan. | Acción o efecto de hurtar con violencia, robar, despojar o saquear. |
Where the eye mixes pillado and pillaje
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pillado and pillaje follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses pillado with pillaje
A purely visual mix-up. pillado ([piˈʝað̞o]) and pillaje ([piˈʝaxe]) 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 61596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pillado is recorded at frequency rank #16,671, classified as anoun, pronounced [piˈʝað̞o]. pillaje is at rank #44,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced [piˈʝaxe].
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 61596, this pair ranks #54,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pillado vs pillaje
Shared letters: ailp. Private to "pillado": do. Private to "pillaje": ej.
"pillado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pillaje" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pillado" for "pillaje" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pillado" or "pillaje" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pillado" and "pillaje" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pillado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pillaje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pillado" and "pillaje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillaje vs pillas". 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 #54,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.