Which to use
“sentían” is a verb and “sentidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,216
- “sentían” frequency rank
- #47,410
- “sentidas” frequency rank
- 63626
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sentían | sentidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sentir. | Forma del femenino plural de sentido, participio de sentir. |
Where the eye mixes sentían and sentidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sentían runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against sentidas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sentían vs sentidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sentían is [sẽn̪ˈt̪iãn] while sentidas is [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞as]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sentían is recorded at frequency rank #16,216, classified as averb, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪iãn]. sentidas is at rank #47,410, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞as].
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 63626, this pair ranks #48,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sentían vs sentidas
Shared letters: aenst. Private to "sentían": í. Private to "sentidas": di.
"sentían" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "sentidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sentidas ← centidas · esntidas · senitdas · senntidas · sentdias · sentiads · sentidass · sentiddas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sentían" for "sentidas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sentían" or "sentidas"?
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 "sentían" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sentidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sentían" and "sentidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sentías vs sentidas". 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 #48,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.