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

#36,220
“preciada” frequency rank
#34,727
“preciados” frequency rank
70947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature preciada preciados
Definition Forma del femenino de preciado, participio de preciar. Forma del plural de preciado, participio de preciar.

Where the eye mixes preciada and preciados

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

8 ch
preciada
9 ch
preciados

Why the eye confuses preciada with preciados

A purely visual mix-up. preciada ([pɾeˈsjað̞a]) and preciados ([pɾeˈsjað̞os]) 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 70947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

preciada is recorded at frequency rank #36,220, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾeˈsjað̞a]. preciados is at rank #34,727, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾeˈsjað̞os].

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 70947, this pair ranks #28,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of preciada vs preciados

Shared letters: acdeipr. Private to "preciada": -. Private to "preciados": os.

"preciada" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV  ·  "preciados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • preciada ← perciada · ppreciada · prceiada · precaida · precciada · preciaad · preciadda · precidaa
  • preciados ← perciados · ppreciados · prceiados · precaidos · precciados · preciaddos · preciadoss · preciadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "preciada" for "preciados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pɾeˈsjað̞a] versus [pɾeˈsjað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "preciada" or "preciados"?
"preciados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,727 in our Spanish list, against #36,220 for "preciada". 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 "preciada" and "preciados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "preciada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "preciados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "preciada" and "preciados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "preciados vs prelados". 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 #28,572 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