sagradavssangradoTell them apart

Quick tell: sagrada is a adjective, sangrado is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sagrada” is an adjective and “sangrado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,067
“sagrada” frequency rank
#20,818
“sangrado” frequency rank
27885
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sagrada sangrado
Definition Forma del femenino singular de sagrado. Espacio blanco que queda en la primera línea de un párrafo, comenzando el texto más a la derecha que las siguientes líneas del párrafo

Where the eye mixes sagrada and sangrado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sagrada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against sangrado's 8 (CVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
sagrada
8 ch
sangrado

Visual trap between sagrada and sangrado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sagrada is [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞a] while sangrado is [sãŋˈgɾað̞o]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27885, 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]. sangrado is at rank #20,818, tagged as anoun, pronounced [sãŋˈgɾað̞o].

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 27885, this pair ranks #224,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sagrada vs sangrado

Shared letters: adgrs. Private to "sagrada": -. Private to "sangrado": no.

"sagrada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "sangrado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sagrada ← asgrada · sagarda · saggrada · sagraad · sagradda · sagrdaa · sagrrada · sargada
  • sangrado ← asngrado · sagnrado · sangardo · sanggrado · sangraddo · sangraod · sangrdao · sangrrado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sagrada" and "sangrado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sagrada" is an adjective and "sangrado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sagrada" or "sangrado"?
"sagrada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,067 in our Spanish list, against #20,818 for "sangrado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sagrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sangrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #224,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sagrada" and "sangrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sangrado vs sangran". 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 #224,680 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