Which to use
“pintada” and “pintados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,315
- “pintada” frequency rank
- #16,939
- “pintados” frequency rank
- 30254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintada | pintados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de pintado, participio de pintar. | Forma del plural de pintado, participio de pintar. |
Where the eye mixes pintada and pintados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pintada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pintados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pintada vs pintados
A purely visual mix-up. pintada ([pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and pintados ([pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30254, 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]. pintados is at rank #16,939, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞os].
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 30254, this pair ranks #212,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pintada vs pintados
Shared letters: adinpt. Private to "pintada": -. Private to "pintados": os.
"pintada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pintados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pintada" and "pintados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pintada" or "pintados"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "pintada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintada" and "pintados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "picados vs pintados". 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 #212,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.