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

#9,374
“terminada” frequency rank
#22,210
“terminados” frequency rank
31584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature terminada terminados
Definition Forma del femenino de terminado, participio de terminar o de terminarse. Forma del plural de terminado, participio de terminar o de terminarse.

Where the eye mixes terminada and terminados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
terminada
10 ch
terminados

Look-alike desk: terminada vs terminados

A purely visual mix-up. terminada ([t̪eɾmiˈnað̞a]) and terminados ([t̪eɾmiˈnað̞os]) 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 31584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

terminada is recorded at frequency rank #9,374, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪eɾmiˈnað̞a]. terminados is at rank #22,210, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪eɾmiˈnað̞os].

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 31584, this pair ranks #206,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of terminada vs terminados

Shared letters: adeimnrt. Private to "terminada": -. Private to "terminados": os.

"terminada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "terminados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • terminadaetrminada · temrinada · terimnada · termianda · terminaad · terminadda · termindaa · terminnada
  • terminadosetrminados · temrinados · terimnados · termiandos · terminaddos · terminadoss · terminadso · terminaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "terminada" and "terminados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eɾmiˈnað̞a] versus [t̪eɾmiˈnað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "terminada" vs "terminados" - which ranks higher?
"terminada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,374 in our Spanish list, against #22,210 for "terminados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "terminada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "terminados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #206,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "terminada" and "terminados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terminados vs terminemos". 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 #206,345 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