plantadavsplantadosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#31,496
“plantada” frequency rank
#34,720
“plantados” frequency rank
66216
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature plantada plantados
Definition Forma del femenino de plantado, participio de plantar. Forma del plural de plantado, participio de plantar.

Where the eye mixes plantada and plantados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. plantada runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against plantados's 9 (CCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
plantada
9 ch
plantados

Visual trap between plantada and plantados

A purely visual mix-up. plantada ([plãn̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and plantados ([plãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) 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 66216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

plantada is recorded at frequency rank #31,496, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [plãn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. plantados is at rank #34,720, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [plãn̪ˈt̪að̞os].

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 66216, this pair ranks #40,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of plantada vs plantados

Shared letters: adlnpt. Private to "plantada": -. Private to "plantados": os.

"plantada" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV  ·  "plantados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plantada ← lpantada · palntada · planatda · planntada · plantaad · plantadda · plantdaa · planttada
  • plantados ← lpantados · palntados · planatdos · planntados · plantaddos · plantadoss · plantadso · plantaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "plantada" for "plantados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([plãn̪ˈt̪að̞a] versus [plãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "plantada" vs "plantados" - which ranks higher?
"plantada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,496 in our Spanish list, against #34,720 for "plantados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "plantada" and "plantados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "plantada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "plantados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plantada" and "plantados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plantados vs plateados". 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 #40,448 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