Which to use
“prohibida” is a participle and “prohibido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,181
- “prohibida” frequency rank
- #3,353
- “prohibido” frequency rank
- 12534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prohibida | prohibido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de prohibido. | Que por ley, autoridad o estatuto no está consentido y es ilegítimo. Que no se permite. |
Where the eye mixes prohibida and prohibido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. prohibida and prohibido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: prohibida vs prohibido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prohibida is [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞a] while prohibido is [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “prohibida” becomes o in “prohibido”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12534, 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]. prohibido is at rank #3,353, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞o].
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 12534, this pair ranks #291,201 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prohibida vs prohibido
Shared letters: bdhiopr. Private to "prohibida": a. Private to "prohibido": -.
"prohibida" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "prohibido" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prohibida" and "prohibido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prohibida" or "prohibido"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "prohibida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prohibido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,201 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prohibida" and "prohibido" 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 #291,201 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.