Which to use
“selecciona” is a verb and “seleccionada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,512
- “selecciona” frequency rank
- #18,977
- “seleccionada” frequency rank
- 39489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | selecciona | seleccionada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de seleccionar. | Forma del femenino de seleccionado, participio de seleccionar. |
Where the eye mixes selecciona and seleccionada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. selecciona runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVVCV) against seleccionada's 12 (CVCVCCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: selecciona vs seleccionada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: selecciona is [selekˈsjona] while seleccionada is [seleksjoˈnað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “selecciona” sits inside “seleccionada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
selecciona is recorded at frequency rank #20,512, classified as averb, pronounced [selekˈsjona]. seleccionada is at rank #18,977, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [seleksjoˈnað̞a].
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 39489, this pair ranks #164,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of selecciona vs seleccionada
Shared letters: aceilnos. Private to "selecciona": -. Private to "seleccionada": d.
"selecciona" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV · "seleccionada" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- selecciona ← celecciona · eslecciona · seelcciona · selceciona · seleccinoa · seleccioan · seleccionna · seleccoina
- seleccionada ← celeccionada · esleccionada · seelccionada · selcecionada · seleccinoada · seleccioanda · seleccionaad · seleccionadda
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "selecciona" for "seleccionada" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "selecciona" and "seleccionada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "selecciona" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seleccionada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "selecciona" and "seleccionada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "selecciona vs seleccionan". 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 #164,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.