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

#9,181
“prohibida” frequency rank
#15,693
“prohibidas” frequency rank
24874
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prohibida prohibidas
Definition Forma del femenino de prohibido. Forma del femenino plural de prohibido.

Where the eye mixes prohibida and prohibidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. prohibida runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against prohibidas's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
prohibida
10 ch
prohibidas

Look-alike desk: prohibida vs prohibidas

A purely visual mix-up. prohibida ([pɾojˈβ̞ið̞a]) and prohibidas ([pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as]) 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) - “prohibida” sits inside “prohibidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prohibida is recorded at frequency rank #9,181, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞a]. 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 24874, this pair ranks #239,089 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prohibida vs prohibidas

Shared letters: abdhiopr. Private to "prohibida": -. Private to "prohibidas": s.

"prohibida" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "prohibidas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prohibida ← porhibida · pprohibida · prhoibida · prohbiida · prohhibida · prohibbida · prohibdia · prohibiad
  • prohibidas ← porhibidas · pprohibidas · prhoibidas · prohbiidas · prohhibidas · prohibbidas · prohibdias · prohibiads

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prohibida" and "prohibidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([pɾojˈβ̞ið̞a] versus [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "prohibida" or "prohibidas"?
"prohibida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,181 in our Spanish list, against #15,693 for "prohibidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "prohibida" 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 #239,089 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prohibida" and "prohibidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prohíba vs prohibida". 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 #239,089 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