quemadasvsquemadurasWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#26,200
“quemadas” frequency rank
#15,697
“quemaduras” frequency rank
41897
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quemadas quemaduras
Definition Forma del femenino plural de quemado, participio de quemar o de quemarse. Forma del plural de quemadura.

Where the eye mixes quemadas and quemaduras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. quemadas runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against quemaduras's 10 (CVVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
quemadas
10 ch
quemaduras

Look-alike desk: quemadas vs quemaduras

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quemadas is [keˈmað̞as] while quemaduras is [kemaˈð̞uɾas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41897, 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]. quemaduras is at rank #15,697, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kemaˈð̞uɾas].

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 41897, this pair ranks #151,190 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quemadas vs quemaduras

Shared letters: ademqsu. Private to "quemadas": -. Private to "quemaduras": r.

"quemadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "quemaduras" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quemadas ← qeumadas · qquemadas · queamdas · quemaads · quemadass · quemaddas · quemadsa · quemdaas
  • quemaduras ← qeumaduras · qquemaduras · queamduras · quemadduras · quemadruas · quemaduars · quemadurass · quemadurras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "quemadas" and "quemaduras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "quemadas" is a participle and "quemaduras" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "quemadas" vs "quemaduras" - which ranks higher?
"quemaduras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,697 in our Spanish list, against #26,200 for "quemadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "quemaduras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #151,190 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quemadas" and "quemaduras" 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 #151,190 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