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

#36,266
“restringidas” frequency rank
#37,835
“restringidos” frequency rank
74101
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature restringidas restringidos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de restringido, participio de restringir o de restringirse. Forma del plural de restringido, participio de restringir o de restringirse.

Where the eye mixes restringidas and restringidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. restringidas and restringidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
restringidas
12 ch
restringidos

Visual trap between restringidas and restringidos

A purely visual mix-up. restringidas ([rest̪ɾĩŋˈxið̞as]) and restringidos ([rest̪ɾĩŋˈxið̞os]) 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 “restringidas” becomes o in “restringidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

restringidas is recorded at frequency rank #36,266, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rest̪ɾĩŋˈxið̞as]. restringidos is at rank #37,835, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rest̪ɾĩŋˈxið̞os].

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 74101, this pair ranks #21,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of restringidas vs restringidos

Shared letters: deginrst. Private to "restringidas": a. Private to "restringidos": o.

"restringidas" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVC  ·  "restringidos" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • restringidas ← erstringidas · resrtingidas · resstringidas · restirngidas · restrignidas · restringdias · restringgidas · restringiads
  • restringidos ← erstringidos · resrtingidos · resstringidos · restirngidos · restrignidos · restringdios · restringgidos · restringiddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "restringidas" and "restringidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rest̪ɾĩŋˈxið̞as] versus [rest̪ɾĩŋˈxið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "restringidas" or "restringidos"?
"restringidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,266 in our Spanish list, against #37,835 for "restringidos". 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 "restringidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "restringidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "restringidas" and "restringidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "restringida vs restringidos". 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 #21,960 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