Which to use
“selecciona” and “seleccionado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,512
- “selecciona” frequency rank
- #8,436
- “seleccionado” frequency rank
- 28948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | selecciona | seleccionado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de seleccionar. | Participio de seleccionar. |
Where the eye mixes selecciona and seleccionado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. selecciona runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVVCV) against seleccionado's 12 (CVCVCCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: selecciona vs seleccionado
A purely visual mix-up. selecciona ([selekˈsjona]) and seleccionado ([seleksjoˈnað̞o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “selecciona” sits inside “seleccionado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28948, 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]. seleccionado is at rank #8,436, tagged as averb, pronounced [seleksjoˈnað̞o].
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 28948, this pair ranks #219,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of selecciona vs seleccionado
Shared letters: aceilnos. Private to "selecciona": -. Private to "seleccionado": d.
"selecciona" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV · "seleccionado" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- selecciona ← celecciona · eslecciona · seelcciona · selceciona · seleccinoa · seleccioan · seleccionna · seleccoina
- seleccionado ← celeccionado · esleccionado · seelccionado · selcecionado · seleccinoado · seleccioando · seleccionaddo · seleccionaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "selecciona" and "seleccionado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "selecciona" or "seleccionado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "selecciona" and "seleccionado" 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 "seleccionado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "selecciona" and "seleccionado" 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 #219,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.