prohibidasvsprohibidosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#15,693
“prohibidas” frequency rank
#13,769
“prohibidos” frequency rank
29462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes prohibidas and prohibidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. prohibidas and prohibidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
prohibidas
10 ch
prohibidos

Look-alike desk: prohibidas vs prohibidos

A purely visual mix-up. prohibidas ([pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as]) and prohibidos ([pɾojˈβ̞ið̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “prohibidas” becomes o in “prohibidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29462, 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]. prohibidos is at rank #13,769, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞os].

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 29462, this pair ranks #216,896 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prohibidas vs prohibidos

Shared letters: bdhioprs. Private to "prohibidas": a. Private to "prohibidos": -.

"prohibidas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC  ·  "prohibidos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prohibidas ← porhibidas · pprohibidas · prhoibidas · prohbiidas · prohhibidas · prohibbidas · prohibdias · prohibiads
  • prohibidos ← porhibidos · pprohibidos · prhoibidos · prohbiidos · prohhibidos · prohibbidos · prohibdios · prohibiddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prohibidas" and "prohibidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾojˈβ̞ið̞as] versus [pɾojˈβ̞ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "prohibidas" or "prohibidos"?
"prohibidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,769 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

Eye-level mix-up between "prohibidas" and "prohibidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prohibidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prohibidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,896 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prohibidas" and "prohibidos" 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 #216,896 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