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Which to use

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

#45,041
“templadas” frequency rank
#43,285
“templados” frequency rank
88326
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature templadas templados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de templado, adjetivo y también participio de templar o de templarse. Forma del plural de templado, adjetivo y también participio de templar o de templarse.

Where the eye mixes templadas and templados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. templadas and templados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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9 ch
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Why the eye confuses templadas with templados

A purely visual mix-up. templadas ([t̪ẽmˈplað̞as]) and templados ([t̪ẽmˈplað̞os]) 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 “templadas” becomes o in “templados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

templadas is recorded at frequency rank #45,041, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ẽmˈplað̞as]. templados is at rank #43,285, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ẽmˈplað̞os].

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 88326, this pair ranks #3,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of templadas vs templados

Shared letters: adelmpst. Private to "templadas": -. Private to "templados": o.

"templadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "templados" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • templadas ← etmpladas · temlpadas · temmpladas · tempaldas · templaads · templadass · templaddas · templadsa
  • templados ← etmplados · temlpados · temmplados · tempaldos · templaddos · templadoss · templadso · templaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "templadas" for "templados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ẽmˈplað̞as] versus [t̪ẽmˈplað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "templadas" vs "templados" - which ranks higher?
"templados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,285 in our Spanish list, against #45,041 for "templadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "templadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "templados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "templadas" and "templados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "templada vs templadas". 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 #3,845 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