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“salvada” and “sellada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,870
- “salvada” frequency rank
- #28,156
- “sellada” frequency rank
- 61026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salvada | sellada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de salvado, participio de salvar o de salvarse. | Forma del femenino de sellado, participio de sellar. |
Where the eye mixes salvada and sellada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. salvada and sellada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: salvada vs sellada
A purely visual mix-up. salvada ([salˈβ̞að̞a]) and sellada ([seˈʝað̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salvada is recorded at frequency rank #32,870, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [salˈβ̞að̞a]. sellada is at rank #28,156, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [seˈʝað̞a].
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 61026, this pair ranks #56,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of salvada vs sellada
Shared letters: adls. Private to "salvada": v. Private to "sellada": e.
"salvada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "sellada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "salvada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sellada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salvada" and "sellada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salvada vs soleada". 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 #56,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.