Which to use
“puerta” is a noun and “puestas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #755
- “puerta” frequency rank
- #9,523
- “puestas” frequency rank
- 10278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puerta | puestas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abertura practicada en una construcción, vehículo u otro objeto, por la cual se accede y abandona el mismo. | Forma del femenino plural de puesto. |
Where the eye mixes puerta and puestas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. puerta runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against puestas's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between puerta and puestas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: puerta is [ˈpweɾt̪a] while puestas is [ˈpwest̪as]. 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 (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puerta is recorded at frequency rank #755, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpweɾt̪a]. puestas is at rank #9,523, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ˈpwest̪as].
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 10278, this pair ranks #299,198 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of puerta vs puestas
Shared letters: aeptu. Private to "puerta": r. Private to "puestas": s.
"puerta" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "puestas" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "puerta" and "puestas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "puerta" vs "puestas" - which ranks higher?
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 "puerta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puestas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,198 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puerta" and "puestas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postas vs puestas". 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 #299,198 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.