reflejadasvsreflejadosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#37,829
“reflejadas” frequency rank
#32,376
“reflejados” frequency rank
70205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reflejadas reflejados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de reflejado, participio de reflejar. Forma del plural de reflejado, participio de reflejar.

Where the eye mixes reflejadas and reflejados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. reflejadas and reflejados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
reflejadas
10 ch
reflejados

Visual trap between reflejadas and reflejados

A purely visual mix-up. reflejadas ([refleˈxað̞as]) and reflejados ([refleˈxað̞os]) 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 “reflejadas” becomes o in “reflejados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reflejadas is recorded at frequency rank #37,829, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [refleˈxað̞as]. reflejados is at rank #32,376, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [refleˈxað̞os].

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 70205, this pair ranks #30,242 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reflejadas vs reflejados

Shared letters: adefjlrs. Private to "reflejadas": -. Private to "reflejados": o.

"reflejadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "reflejados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reflejadas ← erflejadas · refeljadas · refflejadas · refleajdas · reflejaads · reflejadass · reflejaddas · reflejadsa
  • reflejados ← erflejados · refeljados · refflejados · refleajdos · reflejaddos · reflejadoss · reflejadso · reflejaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reflejadas" for "reflejados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([refleˈxað̞as] versus [refleˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reflejadas" or "reflejados" show up more?
"reflejados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,376 in our Spanish list, against #37,829 for "reflejadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reflejadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reflejados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,242 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reflejadas" and "reflejados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reflejaban vs reflejadas". 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 #30,242 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