plantadasvsplantadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#46,732
“plantadas” frequency rank
#34,720
“plantados” frequency rank
81452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes plantadas and plantados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. plantadas and plantados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
plantadas
9 ch
plantados

Why the eye confuses plantadas with plantados

A purely visual mix-up. plantadas ([plãn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “plantadas” becomes o in “plantados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

plantadas is recorded at frequency rank #46,732, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [plãn̪ˈt̪að̞as]. 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 81452, this pair ranks #10,392 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of plantadas vs plantados

Shared letters: adlnpst. Private to "plantadas": -. Private to "plantados": o.

"plantadas" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC  ·  "plantados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plantadaslpantadas · palntadas · planatdas · planntadas · plantaads · plantadass · plantaddas · plantadsa
  • plantadoslpantados · palntados · planatdos · planntados · plantaddos · plantadoss · plantadso · plantaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "plantadas" for "plantados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([plãn̪ˈt̪að̞as] versus [plãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "plantadas" or "plantados"?
"plantados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,720 in our Spanish list, against #46,732 for "plantadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "plantadas" 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 #10,392 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plantadas" and "plantados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planeadas vs plantadas". 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 #10,392 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