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

#37,897
“veladas” frequency rank
#27,062
“violadas” frequency rank
64959
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veladas violadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de velado, participio de velar o de velarse. Forma del femenino plural de violado, participio de violar.

Where the eye mixes veladas and violadas

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

7 ch
veladas
8 ch
violadas

Look-alike desk: veladas vs violadas

A purely visual mix-up. veladas ([beˈlað̞as]) and violadas ([bjoˈlað̞as]) 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 64959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veladas is recorded at frequency rank #37,897, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [beˈlað̞as]. violadas is at rank #27,062, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bjoˈlað̞as].

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 64959, this pair ranks #44,047 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of veladas vs violadas

Shared letters: adlsv. Private to "veladas": e. Private to "violadas": io.

"veladas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "violadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veladasbeladas · evladas · vealdas · velaads · veladass · veladdas · veladsa · veldaas
  • violadasbioladas · ivoladas · viloadas · vioaldas · violaads · violadass · violaddas · violadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "veladas" and "violadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([beˈlað̞as] versus [bjoˈlað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "veladas" vs "violadas" - which ranks higher?
"violadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,062 in our Spanish list, against #37,897 for "veladas". 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 "veladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "violadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,047 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veladas" and "violadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veladas vs velado". 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 #44,047 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