vinculadavsvinculadosConfusable pair

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

#11,508
“vinculada” frequency rank
#8,741
“vinculados” frequency rank
20249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vinculada vinculados
Definition Forma del femenino de vinculado, participio de vincular o de vincularse. Forma del plural de vinculado, participio de vincular o de vincularse.

Where the eye mixes vinculada and vinculados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. vinculada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against vinculados's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
vinculada
10 ch
vinculados

Look-alike desk: vinculada vs vinculados

A purely visual mix-up. vinculada ([bĩŋkuˈlað̞a]) and vinculados ([bĩŋkuˈlað̞os]) 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 20249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vinculada is recorded at frequency rank #11,508, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bĩŋkuˈlað̞a]. vinculados is at rank #8,741, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bĩŋkuˈlað̞os].

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 20249, this pair ranks #260,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vinculada vs vinculados

Shared letters: acdilnuv. Private to "vinculada": -. Private to "vinculados": os.

"vinculada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "vinculados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vinculada ← binculada · ivnculada · vicnulada · vincculada · vincluada · vincualda · vinculaad · vinculadda
  • vinculados ← binculados · ivnculados · vicnulados · vincculados · vincluados · vincualdos · vinculaddos · vinculadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vinculada" and "vinculados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([bĩŋkuˈlað̞a] versus [bĩŋkuˈlað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vinculada" or "vinculados" show up more?
"vinculados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,741 in our Spanish list, against #11,508 for "vinculada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vinculada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vinculados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vinculada" and "vinculados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vinculada vs vinculan". 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 #260,161 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