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

#38,897
“prestadas” frequency rank
#16,184
“prestados” frequency rank
55081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prestadas prestados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de prestado, participio de prestar o de prestarse. Forma del plural de prestado, participio de prestar o de prestarse.

Where the eye mixes prestadas and prestados

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

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Look-alike desk: prestadas vs prestados

A purely visual mix-up. prestadas ([pɾesˈt̪að̞as]) and prestados ([pɾesˈt̪að̞os]) 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 “prestadas” becomes o in “prestados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prestadas is recorded at frequency rank #38,897, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾesˈt̪að̞as]. prestados is at rank #16,184, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾesˈt̪að̞os].

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 55081, this pair ranks #80,469 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prestadas vs prestados

Shared letters: adeprst. Private to "prestadas": -. Private to "prestados": o.

"prestadas" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC  ·  "prestados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prestadas ← perstadas · pprestadas · presatdas · presstadas · prestaads · prestadass · prestaddas · prestadsa
  • prestados ← perstados · pprestados · presatdos · presstados · prestaddos · prestadoss · prestadso · prestaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "prestadas" for "prestados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pɾesˈt̪að̞as] versus [pɾesˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "prestadas" vs "prestados" - which ranks higher?
"prestados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,184 in our Spanish list, against #38,897 for "prestadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prestadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prestados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,469 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prestadas" and "prestados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "premiadas vs prestadas". 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 #80,469 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