Which to use
“refugiadas” is a participle and “refugiado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,656
- “refugiadas” frequency rank
- #17,530
- “refugiado” frequency rank
- 66186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refugiadas | refugiado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de refugiado, participio de refugiar o de refugiarse. | Que, huyendo de un conflicto bélico o político, se asienta en otro lugar que lo acoge o le da asilo. |
Where the eye mixes refugiadas and refugiado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: refugiadas vs refugiado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: refugiadas is [refuˈxjað̞as] while refugiado is [refuˈxjað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refugiadas is recorded at frequency rank #48,656, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [refuˈxjað̞as]. refugiado is at rank #17,530, tagged as anadj, pronounced [refuˈxjað̞o].
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 66186, this pair ranks #40,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refugiadas vs refugiado
Shared letters: adefgiru. Private to "refugiadas": s. Private to "refugiado": o.
"refugiadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC · "refugiado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refugiadas ← erfugiadas · reffugiadas · refguiadas · refugaidas · refuggiadas · refugiaads · refugiadass · refugiaddas
- refugiado ← erfugiado · reffugiado · refguiado · refugaido · refuggiado · refugiaddo · refugiaod · refugidao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refugiadas" for "refugiado" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "refugiadas" and "refugiado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refugiadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refugiado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refugiadas" and "refugiado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refugiado vs refugian". 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 #40,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.