robadavsrosadasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#17,537
“robada” frequency rank
#40,528
“rosadas” frequency rank
58065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature robada rosadas
Definition Forma del femenino de robado, participio de robar. Forma del femenino plural de rosado, participio de rosarse.

Where the eye mixes robada and rosadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
robada
7 ch
rosadas

Why the eye confuses robada with rosadas

A purely visual mix-up. robada ([roˈβ̞að̞a]) and rosadas ([roˈsað̞as]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

robada is recorded at frequency rank #17,537, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [roˈβ̞að̞a]. rosadas is at rank #40,528, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [roˈsað̞as].

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 58065, this pair ranks #67,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of robada vs rosadas

Shared letters: ador. Private to "robada": b. Private to "rosadas": s.

"robada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rosadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • robadaorbada · rboada · roabda · robaad · robadda · robbada · robdaa · rovada
  • rosadasorsadas · roasdas · rosaads · rosadass · rosaddas · rosadsa · rosdaas · rossadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "robada" and "rosadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([roˈβ̞að̞a] versus [roˈsað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "robada" or "rosadas" show up more?
"robada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,537 in our Spanish list, against #40,528 for "rosadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "robada" and "rosadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "robada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rosadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "robada" and "rosadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rosadas vs rositas". 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 #67,928 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