Which to use
“sentadas” is a participle and “sentará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,595
- “sentadas” frequency rank
- #48,076
- “sentará” frequency rank
- 71671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sentadas | sentará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de sentado, participio de sentar o de sentarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de sentar o de sentarse. |
Where the eye mixes sentadas and sentará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sentadas with sentará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sentadas is [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as] while sentará is [sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sentadas is recorded at frequency rank #23,595, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞as]. sentará is at rank #48,076, tagged as averb, pronounced [sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa].
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 71671, this pair ranks #26,997 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sentadas vs sentará
Shared letters: aenst. Private to "sentadas": d. Private to "sentará": rá.
"sentadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "sentará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sentadas ← centadas · esntadas · senatdas · senntadas · sentaads · sentadass · sentaddas · sentadsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sentadas" and "sentará" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sentadas" vs "sentará" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sentadas" and "sentará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sentadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sentará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,997 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sentadas" and "sentará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sectaria vs sentará". 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 #26,997 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.