quejadovsquejamosTell them apart

Which to use

“quejado” and “quejamos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,134
“quejado” frequency rank
#29,805
“quejamos” frequency rank
57939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quejado quejamos
Definition Participio de quejar o de quejarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de quejar o de quejarse.

Where the eye mixes quejado and quejamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
quejado
8 ch
quejamos

Visual trap between quejado and quejamos

A purely visual mix-up. quejado ([keˈxað̞o]) and quejamos ([keˈxamos]) 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 57939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quejado is recorded at frequency rank #28,134, classified as averb, pronounced [keˈxað̞o]. quejamos is at rank #29,805, tagged as averb, pronounced [keˈxamos].

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 57939, this pair ranks #68,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quejado vs quejamos

Shared letters: aejoqu. Private to "quejado": d. Private to "quejamos": ms.

"quejado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "quejamos" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quejadoqeujado · qquejado · queajdo · quejaddo · quejaod · quejdao · quejjado · qujeado
  • quejamosqeujamos · qquejamos · queajmos · quejammos · quejamoss · quejamso · quejaoms · quejjamos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quejado" for "quejamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([keˈxað̞o] versus [keˈxamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "quejado" vs "quejamos" - which ranks higher?
"quejado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,134 in our Spanish list, against #29,805 for "quejamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quejado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quejamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quejado" and "quejamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quejamos 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 #68,431 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