Which to use
“sellada” and “selladas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,156
- “sellada” frequency rank
- #43,258
- “selladas” frequency rank
- 71414
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sellada | selladas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de sellado, participio de sellar. | Forma del femenino plural de sellado, participio de sellar. |
Where the eye mixes sellada and selladas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between sellada and selladas
A purely visual mix-up. sellada ([seˈʝað̞a]) and selladas ([seˈʝað̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “sellada” sits inside “selladas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sellada is recorded at frequency rank #28,156, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [seˈʝað̞a]. selladas is at rank #43,258, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [seˈʝað̞as].
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 71414, this pair ranks #27,569 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sellada vs selladas
Shared letters: adels. Private to "sellada": -. Private to "selladas": -.
"sellada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "selladas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sellada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "selladas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,569 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sellada" and "selladas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "selladas vs sellados". 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 #27,569 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.