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

#31,496
“plantada” frequency rank
#22,150
“planteadas” frequency rank
53646
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature plantada planteadas
Definition Forma del femenino de plantado, participio de plantar. Forma del femenino plural de planteado, participio de plantear.

Where the eye mixes plantada and planteadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. plantada runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against planteadas's 10 (CCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
plantada
10 ch
planteadas

Look-alike desk: plantada vs planteadas

A purely visual mix-up. plantada ([plãn̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and planteadas ([plãn̪t̪eˈað̞as]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53646, 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]. planteadas is at rank #22,150, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [plãn̪t̪eˈað̞as].

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 53646, this pair ranks #86,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of plantada vs planteadas

Shared letters: adlnpt. Private to "plantada": -. Private to "planteadas": es.

"plantada" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV  ·  "planteadas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plantada ← lpantada · palntada · planatda · planntada · plantaad · plantadda · plantdaa · planttada
  • planteadas ← lpanteadas · palnteadas · planetadas · plannteadas · plantaedas · planteaads · planteadass · planteaddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "plantada" and "planteadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([plãn̪ˈt̪að̞a] versus [plãn̪t̪eˈað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "plantada" or "planteadas" show up more?
"planteadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,150 in our Spanish list, against #31,496 for "plantada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "plantada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "planteadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plantada" and "planteadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plantada vs puntada". 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 #86,891 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