Which to use
“prohibidas” is a participle and “prohibido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,693
- “prohibidas” frequency rank
- #3,353
- “prohibido” frequency rank
- 19046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prohibidas | prohibido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de prohibido. | Que por ley, autoridad o estatuto no está consentido y es ilegítimo. Que no se permite. |
Where the eye mixes prohibidas and prohibido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. prohibidas runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVCVC) against prohibido's 9 (CCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: prohibidas vs prohibido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prohibidas is [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as] while prohibido is [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞o]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prohibidas is recorded at frequency rank #15,693, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as]. 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 19046, this pair ranks #265,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prohibidas vs prohibido
Shared letters: bdhiopr. Private to "prohibidas": as. Private to "prohibido": -.
"prohibidas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC · "prohibido" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prohibidas ← porhibidas · pprohibidas · prhoibidas · prohbiidas · prohhibidas · prohibbidas · prohibdias · prohibiads
- prohibido ← porhibido · pprohibido · prhoibido · prohbiido · prohhibido · prohibbido · prohibdio · prohibiddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prohibidas" and "prohibido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prohibidas" or "prohibido"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prohibidas" 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 #265,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prohibidas" and "prohibido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prohibía vs prohibidas". 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 #265,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.