Which to use
“quemadas” is a participle and “quemado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,200
- “quemadas” frequency rank
- #8,303
- “quemado” frequency rank
- 34503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quemadas | quemado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de quemado, participio de quemar o de quemarse. | Dicho de una persona: que tiene las facultades mentales disminuidas debido al consumo de sustancias que alteran el estado de conciencia. |
Where the eye mixes quemadas and quemado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quemadas runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against quemado's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quemadas and quemado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quemadas is [keˈmað̞as] while quemado is [keˈmað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quemadas is recorded at frequency rank #26,200, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [keˈmað̞as]. quemado is at rank #8,303, tagged as anadj, pronounced [keˈmað̞o].
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 34503, this pair ranks #191,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quemadas vs quemado
Shared letters: ademqu. Private to "quemadas": s. Private to "quemado": o.
"quemadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "quemado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quemadas" for "quemado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "quemadas" or "quemado" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "quemadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quemado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quemadas" and "quemado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quemadas 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 #191,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.