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Which to use

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

#12,903
“privilegiada” frequency rank
#33,787
“privilegiadas” frequency rank
46690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature privilegiada privilegiadas
Definition Forma del femenino de privilegiado, participio de privilegiar. Forma del femenino plural de privilegiado, participio de privilegiar.

Where the eye mixes privilegiada and privilegiadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. privilegiada runs 12 letters (CCVCVCVCVVCV) against privilegiadas's 13 (CCVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
privilegiada
13 ch
privilegiadas

Why the eye confuses privilegiada with privilegiadas

A purely visual mix-up. privilegiada ([pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞a]) and privilegiadas ([pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “privilegiada” sits inside “privilegiadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

privilegiada is recorded at frequency rank #12,903, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞a]. privilegiadas is at rank #33,787, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞as].

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 46690, this pair ranks #124,335 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of privilegiada vs privilegiadas

Shared letters: adegilprv. Private to "privilegiada": -. Private to "privilegiadas": s.

"privilegiada" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCV  ·  "privilegiadas" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • privilegiada ← pirvilegiada · pprivilegiada · pribilegiada · priivlegiada · privielgiada · privilegaida · privileggiada · privilegiaad
  • privilegiadas ← pirvilegiadas · pprivilegiadas · pribilegiadas · priivlegiadas · privielgiadas · privilegaidas · privileggiadas · privilegiaads

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "privilegiada" and "privilegiadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞a] versus [pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "privilegiada" or "privilegiadas"?
"privilegiada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,903 in our Spanish list, against #33,787 for "privilegiadas". 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 "privilegiada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "privilegiadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,335 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "privilegiada" and "privilegiadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "privilegia vs privilegiada". 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 #124,335 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