quedarásvsquemadasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: quedarás is a verb, quemadas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“quedarás” is a verb and “quemadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,748
“quedarás” frequency rank
#26,200
“quemadas” frequency rank
53948
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quedarás quemadas
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de quedar o de quedarse. Forma del femenino plural de quemado, participio de quemar o de quemarse.

Where the eye mixes quedarás and quemadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quedarás and quemadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
quedarás
8 ch
quemadas

Why the eye confuses quedarás with quemadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quedarás is [keð̞aˈɾas] while quemadas is [keˈmað̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quedarás is recorded at frequency rank #27,748, classified as averb, pronounced [keð̞aˈɾas]. quemadas is at rank #26,200, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [keˈmað̞as].

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 53948, this pair ranks #85,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quedarás vs quemadas

Shared letters: adeqsu. Private to "quedarás": rá. Private to "quemadas": m.

"quedarás" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "quemadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quemadas ← qeumadas · qquemadas · queamdas · quemaads · quemadass · quemaddas · quemadsa · quemdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "quedarás" and "quemadas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "quedarás" is a verb and "quemadas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "quedarás" or "quemadas" show up more?
"quemadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,200 in our Spanish list, against #27,748 for "quedarás". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "quedarás" and "quemadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quedarás" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quemadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quedarás" and "quemadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quedáis vs quedarás". 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 #85,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list