Which to use
“quedamos” is a verb and “quemados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,454
- “quedamos” frequency rank
- #16,189
- “quemados” frequency rank
- 20643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quedamos | quemados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de quedar o de quedarse. | Forma del plural de quemado, participio de quemar o de quemarse. |
Where the eye mixes quedamos and quemados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quedamos and quemados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: quedamos vs quemados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quedamos is [keˈð̞amos] while quemados is [keˈmað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quedamos is recorded at frequency rank #4,454, classified as averb, pronounced [keˈð̞amos]. quemados is at rank #16,189, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [keˈmað̞os].
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 20643, this pair ranks #258,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quedamos vs quemados
Shared letters: ademoqsu. Private to "quedamos": -. Private to "quemados": -.
"quedamos" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "quemados" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quedamos" for "quemados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quedamos" vs "quemados" - which ranks higher?
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 "quedamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quemados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quedamos" and "quemados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quemados vs quemamos". 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 #258,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.