vestidasvsvestidoTell them apart

Quick tell: vestidas is a participle, vestido is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vestidas” is a participle and “vestido” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,898
“vestidas” frequency rank
#2,322
“vestido” frequency rank
25220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vestidas vestido
Definition Forma del femenino plural de vestido, participio de vestir. La ropa, lo que se usa para vestirse.

Where the eye mixes vestidas and vestido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vestidas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against vestido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
vestidas
7 ch
vestido

Visual trap between vestidas and vestido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vestidas is [besˈt̪ið̞as] while vestido is [besˈt̪ið̞o]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vestidas is recorded at frequency rank #22,898, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [besˈt̪ið̞as]. vestido is at rank #2,322, tagged as anoun, pronounced [besˈt̪ið̞o].

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 25220, this pair ranks #237,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vestidas vs vestido

Shared letters: deistv. Private to "vestidas": a. Private to "vestido": o.

"vestidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "vestido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vestidas ← bestidas · evstidas · vesitdas · vesstidas · vestdias · vestiads · vestidass · vestiddas
  • vestido ← bestido · evstido · vesitdo · vesstido · vestdio · vestiddo · vestiod · vesttido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vestidas" for "vestido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vestidas" is a participle and "vestido" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vestidas" vs "vestido" - which ranks higher?
"vestido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,322 in our Spanish list, against #22,898 for "vestidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vestidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vestido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #237,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vestidas" and "vestido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vencidas vs vestidas". 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 #237,443 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