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

#23,598
“señalada” frequency rank
#17,548
“señalados” frequency rank
41146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature señalada señalados
Definition Forma del femenino de señalado, participio de señalar. Forma del plural de señalado, participio de señalar.

Where the eye mixes señalada and señalados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. señalada runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against señalados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
señalada
9 ch
señalados

Look-alike desk: señalada vs señalados

A purely visual mix-up. señalada ([seɲaˈlað̞a]) and señalados ([seɲaˈlað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

señalada is recorded at frequency rank #23,598, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [seɲaˈlað̞a]. señalados is at rank #17,548, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [seɲaˈlað̞os].

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 41146, this pair ranks #155,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of señalada vs señalados

Shared letters: adelsñ. Private to "señalada": -. Private to "señalados": o.

"señalada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "señalados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "señalada" for "señalados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([seɲaˈlað̞a] versus [seɲaˈlað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "señalada" or "señalados" show up more?
"señalados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,548 in our Spanish list, against #23,598 for "señalada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "señalada" and "señalados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "señalada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "señalados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "señalada" and "señalados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "señalados vs señalamos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #155,279 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