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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.