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

#39,412
“quemadura” frequency rank
#15,697
“quemaduras” frequency rank
55109
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quemadura quemaduras
Definition Destrucción de tejidos corporales por la acción de una temperatura muy elevada, frotación, acción de productos químicos, radiaciones o temperaturas muy bajas. Forma del plural de quemadura.

Where the eye mixes quemadura and quemaduras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. quemadura runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVCV) against quemaduras's 10 (CVVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
quemadura
10 ch
quemaduras

Look-alike desk: quemadura vs quemaduras

A purely visual mix-up. quemadura ([kemaˈð̞uɾa]) and quemaduras ([kemaˈð̞uɾas]) 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 extra letter(s) - “quemadura” sits inside “quemaduras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quemadura is recorded at frequency rank #39,412, classified as anoun, pronounced [kemaˈð̞uɾa]. 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 55109, this pair ranks #80,357 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quemadura vs quemaduras

Shared letters: ademqru. Private to "quemadura": -. Private to "quemaduras": s.

"quemadura" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCV  ·  "quemaduras" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quemadura ← qeumadura · qquemadura · queamdura · quemaddura · quemadrua · quemaduar · quemadurra · quemaudra
  • quemaduras ← qeumaduras · qquemaduras · queamduras · quemadduras · quemadruas · quemaduars · quemadurass · quemadurras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "quemadura" and "quemaduras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kemaˈð̞uɾa] versus [kemaˈð̞uɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "quemadura" or "quemaduras" show up more?
"quemaduras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,697 in our Spanish list, against #39,412 for "quemadura". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "quemadura" 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 #80,357 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quemadura" and "quemaduras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quemada vs quemadura". 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 #80,357 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