Which to use
“prestadas” is a participle and “prestará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,897
- “prestadas” frequency rank
- #39,934
- “prestará” frequency rank
- 78831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prestadas | prestará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de prestado, participio de prestar o de prestarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de prestar o de prestarse. |
Where the eye mixes prestadas and prestará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. prestadas runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCVC) against prestará's 8 (CCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses prestadas with prestará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prestadas is [pɾesˈt̪að̞as] while prestará is [pɾest̪aˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78831, 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]. prestará is at rank #39,934, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾest̪aˈɾa].
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 78831, this pair ranks #13,880 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prestadas vs prestará
Shared letters: aeprst. Private to "prestadas": d. Private to "prestará": á.
"prestadas" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC · "prestará" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prestadas ← perstadas · pprestadas · presatdas · presstadas · prestaads · prestadass · prestaddas · prestadsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prestadas" and "prestará" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "prestadas" or "prestará" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prestadas" and "prestará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prestadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prestará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,880 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prestadas" and "prestará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prestará vs prestarse". 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 #13,880 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.