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

#14,696
“reservada” frequency rank
#28,144
“reservadas” frequency rank
42840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reservada reservadas
Definition Forma del femenino de reservado, participio de reservar. Forma del femenino plural de reservado, participio de reservar.

Where the eye mixes reservada and reservadas

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

9 ch
reservada
10 ch
reservadas

Look-alike desk: reservada vs reservadas

A purely visual mix-up. reservada ([reseɾˈβ̞að̞a]) and reservadas ([reseɾˈβ̞að̞as]) 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) - “reservada” sits inside “reservadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reservada is recorded at frequency rank #14,696, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reseɾˈβ̞að̞a]. reservadas is at rank #28,144, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reseɾˈβ̞að̞as].

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 42840, this pair ranks #146,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reservada vs reservadas

Shared letters: adersv. Private to "reservada": -. Private to "reservadas": -.

"reservada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "reservadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reservada ← erservada · recervada · reesrvada · reseravda · reserbada · reserrvada · reservaad · reservadda
  • reservadas ← erservadas · recervadas · reesrvadas · reseravdas · reserbadas · reserrvadas · reservaads · reservadass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reservada" and "reservadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reseɾˈβ̞að̞a] versus [reseɾˈβ̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reservada" or "reservadas"?
"reservada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,696 in our Spanish list, against #28,144 for "reservadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reservada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reservadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reservada" and "reservadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reservada vs reservan". 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 #146,009 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