selladasvsselladosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#43,258
“selladas” frequency rank
#35,253
“sellados” frequency rank
78511
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature selladas sellados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de sellado, participio de sellar. Forma del plural de sellado, participio de sellar.

Where the eye mixes selladas and sellados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
selladas
8 ch
sellados

Look-alike desk: selladas vs sellados

A purely visual mix-up. selladas ([seˈʝað̞as]) and sellados ([seˈʝað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “selladas” becomes o in “sellados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

selladas is recorded at frequency rank #43,258, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [seˈʝað̞as]. sellados is at rank #35,253, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [seˈʝað̞os].

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 78511, this pair ranks #14,343 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of selladas vs sellados

Shared letters: adels. Private to "selladas": -. Private to "sellados": o.

"selladas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "sellados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • selladascelladas · eslladas · seladas · selaldas · sellaads · selladass · selladdas · selladsa
  • selladoscellados · esllados · selados · selaldos · selladdos · selladoss · selladso · sellaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "selladas" for "sellados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([seˈʝað̞as] versus [seˈʝað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "selladas" or "sellados"?
"sellados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,253 in our Spanish list, against #43,258 for "selladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "selladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sellados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,343 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "selladas" and "sellados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sellados vs soleados". 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 #14,343 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