Which to use
“pintada” and “pintadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,315
- “pintada” frequency rank
- #13,761
- “pintadas” frequency rank
- 27076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintada | pintadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de pintado, participio de pintar. | Forma del femenino plural de pintado, participio de pintar. |
Where the eye mixes pintada and pintadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pintada vs pintadas
A purely visual mix-up. pintada ([pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and pintadas ([pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) 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) - “pintada” sits inside “pintadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pintada is recorded at frequency rank #13,315, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. pintadas is at rank #13,761, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞as].
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 27076, this pair ranks #228,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pintada vs pintadas
Shared letters: adinpt. Private to "pintada": -. Private to "pintadas": s.
"pintada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pintadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pintada" and "pintadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pintada" vs "pintadas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pintada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintada" and "pintadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pintadas vs pintamos". 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 #228,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.