Which to use
“quebrada” and “quebrados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,041
- “quebrada” frequency rank
- #38,912
- “quebrados” frequency rank
- 50953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quebrada | quebrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hondonada profunda sobre una montaña, de paredes abruptas, excavada por las aguas en el transcurso del tiempo o por acción tectónica, por cuyo fondo corre un riachuelo o arroyo al menos durante una parte del año. | Trechos rayados y trechos sin rayas que hay en una de las diferentes clases de papel pautado en el que aprenden a escribir los niños. |
Where the eye mixes quebrada and quebrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: quebrada vs quebrados
A purely visual mix-up. quebrada ([keˈβ̞ɾað̞a]) and quebrados ([keˈβ̞ɾað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quebrada is recorded at frequency rank #12,041, classified as anoun, pronounced [keˈβ̞ɾað̞a]. quebrados is at rank #38,912, tagged as anoun, pronounced [keˈβ̞ɾað̞os].
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 50953, this pair ranks #100,469 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quebrada vs quebrados
Shared letters: abdeqru. Private to "quebrada": -. Private to "quebrados": os.
"quebrada" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "quebrados" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quebrada" and "quebrados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "quebrada" or "quebrados" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "quebrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quebrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,469 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quebrada" and "quebrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quebrados vs quebraron". 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 #100,469 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.