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

#7,067
“sagrada” frequency rank
#4,938
“sagrado” frequency rank
12005
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sagrada sagrado
Definition Forma del femenino singular de sagrado. Que es venerado por su relación con lo divino, la divinidad o su culto.

Where the eye mixes sagrada and sagrado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sagrada and sagrado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
sagrada
7 ch
sagrado

Look-alike desk: sagrada vs sagrado

A purely visual mix-up. sagrada ([saˈɣ̞ɾað̞a]) and sagrado ([saˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]) 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 “sagrada” becomes o in “sagrado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sagrada is recorded at frequency rank #7,067, classified as anadj, pronounced [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞a]. sagrado is at rank #4,938, tagged as anadj, pronounced [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞o].

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 12005, this pair ranks #293,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sagrada vs sagrado

Shared letters: adgrs. Private to "sagrada": -. Private to "sagrado": o.

"sagrada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "sagrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sagrada ← asgrada · sagarda · saggrada · sagraad · sagradda · sagrdaa · sagrrada · sargada
  • sagrado ← asgrado · sagardo · saggrado · sagraddo · sagraod · sagrdao · sagrrado · sargado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sagrada" and "sagrado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([saˈɣ̞ɾað̞a] versus [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sagrada" vs "sagrado" - which ranks higher?
"sagrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,938 in our Spanish list, against #7,067 for "sagrada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sagrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sagrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #293,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sagrada" and "sagrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sagrada vs saturada". 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 #293,073 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