Which to use
“quemadas” and “quemados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,200
- “quemadas” frequency rank
- #16,189
- “quemados” frequency rank
- 42389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quemadas | quemados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de quemado, participio de quemar o de quemarse. | Forma del plural de quemado, participio de quemar o de quemarse. |
Where the eye mixes quemadas and quemados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quemadas and quemados 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 quemadas with quemados
A purely visual mix-up. quemadas ([keˈmað̞as]) and quemados ([keˈmað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “quemadas” becomes o in “quemados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42389, 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]. 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 42389, this pair ranks #148,492 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quemadas vs quemados
Shared letters: ademqsu. Private to "quemadas": -. Private to "quemados": o.
"quemadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "quemados" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quemadas" and "quemados" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "quemadas" or "quemados" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quemadas" and "quemados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quemadas" 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 #148,492 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quemadas" and "quemados" 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 #148,492 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.