Which to use
“quemadas” is a participle and “quemamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,200
- “quemadas” frequency rank
- #46,153
- “quemamos” frequency rank
- 72353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quemadas | quemamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de quemado, participio de quemar o de quemarse. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de quemar o de quemarse. |
Where the eye mixes quemadas and quemamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses quemadas with quemamos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quemadas is [keˈmað̞as] while quemamos is [keˈmamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72353, 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]. quemamos is at rank #46,153, tagged as averb, pronounced [keˈmamos].
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 72353, this pair ranks #25,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quemadas vs quemamos
Shared letters: aemqsu. Private to "quemadas": d. Private to "quemamos": o.
"quemadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "quemamos" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quemadas" for "quemamos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quemadas" vs "quemamos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "quemadas" and "quemamos" 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 "quemamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quemadas" and "quemamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quemamos vs quemas". 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 #25,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.