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

#32,450
“vigilada” frequency rank
#36,874
“vigilados” frequency rank
69324
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vigilada vigilados
Definition Forma del femenino de vigilado, participio de vigilar. Forma del plural de vigilado, participio de vigilar.

Where the eye mixes vigilada and vigilados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. vigilada runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against vigilados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
vigilada
9 ch
vigilados

Visual trap between vigilada and vigilados

A purely visual mix-up. vigilada ([bixiˈlað̞a]) and vigilados ([bixiˈlað̞os]) 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 69324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vigilada is recorded at frequency rank #32,450, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bixiˈlað̞a]. vigilados is at rank #36,874, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bixiˈlað̞os].

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 69324, this pair ranks #32,273 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vigilada vs vigilados

Shared letters: adgilv. Private to "vigilada": -. Private to "vigilados": os.

"vigilada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "vigilados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vigilada ← bigilada · ivgilada · vgiilada · viggilada · vigialda · vigilaad · vigiladda · vigildaa
  • vigilados ← bigilados · ivgilados · vgiilados · viggilados · vigialdos · vigiladdos · vigiladoss · vigiladso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vigilada" and "vigilados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([bixiˈlað̞a] versus [bixiˈlað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vigilada" vs "vigilados" - which ranks higher?
"vigilada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,450 in our Spanish list, against #36,874 for "vigilados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "vigilada" and "vigilados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vigilada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vigilados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,273 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vigilada" and "vigilados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigilaba vs vigilada". 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 #32,273 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