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.
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?
Which is more common, "prohibidas" or "prohibidos"?
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.