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

#25,810
“señaladas” frequency rank
#23,595
“sentadas” frequency rank
49405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature señaladas sentadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de señalado, participio de señalar. Forma del femenino plural de sentado, participio de sentar o de sentarse.

Where the eye mixes señaladas and sentadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

9 ch
señaladas
8 ch
sentadas

Visual trap between señaladas and sentadas

A purely visual mix-up. señaladas ([seɲaˈlað̞as]) and sentadas ([sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) 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 49405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

señaladas is recorded at frequency rank #25,810, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [seɲaˈlað̞as]. sentadas is at rank #23,595, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as].

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 49405, this pair ranks #109,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of señaladas vs sentadas

Shared letters: ades. Private to "señaladas": . Private to "sentadas": nt.

"señaladas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "sentadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sentadascentadas · esntadas · senatdas · senntadas · sentaads · sentadass · sentaddas · sentadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "señaladas" for "sentadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([seɲaˈlað̞as] versus [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "señaladas" vs "sentadas" - which ranks higher?
"sentadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,595 in our Spanish list, against #25,810 for "señaladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "señaladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sentadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #109,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "señaladas" and "sentadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "señaladas vs señalamos". 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 #109,057 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