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.
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?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "quedarás" or "quemadas" show up more?
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.