sagradasvssagradoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#16,974
“sagradas” frequency rank
#4,938
“sagrado” frequency rank
21912
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes sagradas and sagrado

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

8 ch
sagradas
7 ch
sagrado

Look-alike desk: sagradas vs sagrado

A purely visual mix-up. sagradas ([saˈɣ̞ɾað̞as]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sagradas is recorded at frequency rank #16,974, classified as anadj, pronounced [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞as]. 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 21912, this pair ranks #252,786 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sagradas vs sagrado

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

"sagradas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "sagrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sagradas ← asgradas · sagardas · saggradas · sagraads · sagradass · sagraddas · sagradsa · sagrdaas
  • sagrado ← asgrado · sagardo · saggrado · sagraddo · sagraod · sagrdao · sagrrado · sargado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sagradas" and "sagrado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([saˈɣ̞ɾað̞as] versus [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sagradas" or "sagrado" show up more?
"sagrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,938 in our Spanish list, against #16,974 for "sagradas". 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 "sagradas" 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 #252,786 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sagradas" and "sagrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sagradas vs saturadas". 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 #252,786 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