Which to use
“pulgada” and “pulgadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,012
- “pulgada” frequency rank
- #8,699
- “pulgadas” frequency rank
- 33711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pulgada | pulgadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unidad de longitud que en un principio correspondía a la medida promedio de la primera falange del pulgar de un hombre adulto. Ha sido estandarizada de diversos modos, pero la de uso más común equivale a 2.54 centímetros y a la doceava parte de un pie. | Forma del plural de pulgada. |
Where the eye mixes pulgada and pulgadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. pulgada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pulgadas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pulgada vs pulgadas
A purely visual mix-up. pulgada ([pulˈɣ̞að̞a]) and pulgadas ([pulˈɣ̞að̞as]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “pulgada” sits inside “pulgadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pulgada is recorded at frequency rank #25,012, classified as anoun, pronounced [pulˈɣ̞að̞a]. pulgadas is at rank #8,699, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pulˈɣ̞að̞as].
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 33711, this pair ranks #195,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pulgada vs pulgadas
Shared letters: adglpu. Private to "pulgada": -. Private to "pulgadas": s.
"pulgada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pulgadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pulgada" and "pulgadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pulgada" or "pulgadas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pulgada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pulgadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pulgada" and "pulgadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pulgada vs pulida". 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 #195,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.