Which to use
“prohibía” is a verb and “prohibidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,191
- “prohibía” frequency rank
- #15,693
- “prohibidas” frequency rank
- 41884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prohibía | prohibidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de prohibir. | Forma del femenino plural de prohibido. |
Where the eye mixes prohibía and prohibidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. prohibía runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against prohibidas's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses prohibía with prohibidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prohibía is [pɾojˈβ̞ia] while prohibidas is [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prohibía is recorded at frequency rank #26,191, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞ia]. prohibidas is at rank #15,693, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as].
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 41884, this pair ranks #151,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prohibía vs prohibidas
Shared letters: abhiopr. Private to "prohibía": í. Private to "prohibidas": ds.
"prohibía" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "prohibidas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prohibidas ← porhibidas · pprohibidas · prhoibidas · prohbiidas · prohhibidas · prohibbidas · prohibdias · prohibiads
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prohibía" for "prohibidas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prohibía" vs "prohibidas" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prohibía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prohibidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prohibía" and "prohibidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prohíba vs prohibía". 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 #151,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.